Q: Yellowjackets and Varroa Can yellowjackets get Varroa from honey bees, from when they raid weak honey bee colonies or when they are on the same plants? John Andersen August Answer Varroa destructor is only a pest of honey bees (genus Apis). It is not a pest of other bees or insects. Thus, while it …
Read MoreNovember and December are my favorite months. I love the smell of cinnamon and other spices, the twinkling of Christmas lights on a real Christmas tree, and the relief of the (finally) dropping temperatures here in Texas, And, of course, it’s gift-giving season. Most of us love gifts, but I personally love a shared experience …
Read MoreBees at the county fair” While there is a live honey bee exhibit at the Wayne County Fair, by far, most of “the bees” are yellowjackets buzzing the garbage containers. As I was enjoying some barbequed chicken cooked by a local business association, a yellowjacket brazenly landed on my plate and began to enjoy some …
Read MoreNot all capped honeycombs look alike, not even close. Some appear soggy, somber, and tacky, while others seem pillowy, luminous, and natty. Before becoming a beekeeper, I always shopped for combs that were bright and cheery, those that reflected light like new-fallen snow. And although the honey tasted similar from comb to comb, its appearance …
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My first memorable brush with honey bee anatomy came at the Christmas of 1968. As a kid of 12, we did not get much, but I wanted the book “The Hive and the Honey Bee” (Figure 1, right). While I was wide-eyed for the pictures of queen cells and queen bees, Chapter 5 had a …
Read MoreControlled swarm splitting and the old queen In your September 2025 issue (Volume 165, No. 9) you printed an interesting article by Kevin J. Gross, “A Controlled Swarm Splitting Method for Increasing Colony Count While Maximizing Honey Production.” As a follow-up question a year later, we were wondering what they see as far as queen …
Read MoreSeptember 22, 2026 — SIOUX CITY (KTIV TV, Sioux City) — Sioux Honey Association Co-op has broken ground on a multi-million-dollar facility near the Sioux Gateway Airport. Company details plans for new plant Kevin Hueser, president and CEO of Sioux Honey Co-op, said the $130 million capital investment will be the largest honey bottling/manufacturing plant …
Read MoreRaw Honey Guide offers a calendar of 35 honey varieties with indicative seasonal windows for their listed growing regions. It brings northern and southern hemisphere entries into one month-by-month reference, with filters for viewing either hemisphere separately. The calendar is intended as a starting point for questions about seasonality and provenance, rather than a report …
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The Department of Entomology at the University of Minnesota is pleased to announce that Dr. Lewis Bartlett will join the faculty as the Spivak/Manitou Fund Honey Bee Chair and Assistant Professor, effective September 2027. This endowed position was established through generous donor support to ensure long-term funding for innovative research, education, and extension efforts dedicated …
Read MoreTHE CLASSROOM Jamie Ellis – 1167 BEEKEEPING BASICS The Gift of Honey All Over the World Tara Chapman – 1173 THE CURIOUS BEEKEEPER Wet Cappings and Dry: What’s the Difference? Rusty Burlew – 1179 Conquering Bears Without Killing Them Tina Sebestyen – 1185 Spider Venom vs. Varroa Kris Fricke – 1189 BEES AND BEEKEEPING, PAST …
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