Table of Contents

Contents – June 2025

If Honey Could Talk: There’s More in That Jar Than You Think
Alison McAfee – 621

How Long Does a Dead Colony Live? And what does that mean for varroa?
Michael L. Smith – 637

How a Colony’s Worker Know When to Start Building Comb
Thomas D. Seeley – 651

Adding Beeswax to Make Honeycomb
David C. Wade – 656

A New Era in Mite Management
Randy Oliver – 661

How Varroa Breathe
Bill Hesbach – 679

What’s Blooming in Your Neck of the Woods? Junw
Ed Syzmanski – 685

Performance Decline of Honey Bee Queens: Short and Long Term Effects
Hossam F. Abou-Shaara – 689

The Ancient Egyptians (and Alternative Uses for Honey)
Peter Smith

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