Laying workers are usually unwelcome pests, but they are also a window into how insect societies may have evolved. I didn’t understand why my queen cell builder wasn’t rearing any of my grafts. I usually have a deft grafting hand and expected the bees to start drawing out around 90% of yesterday’s queen cups into …
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When the weather turns warm, propolis can string into fragrant tendrils like fresh-from-the-oven mozzarella cheese. When cold, it can shatter like bone china, yielding knife-sharp shards. In especially hot seasons, it can run like water down the inside of hive walls before hardening into translucent droplets that glisten like gemstones. As fascinating as propolis is, …
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I AM MORE OF A BELIEVER A Statement from Jerry’s Personal Education Reinforcement You most likely have heard of the term “Varroa Bomb” as coined by Dr. Dennis vanEngelsdorp. Because of varroa mites, honey bees cannot live and establish long-term colonies in the wild and survive. Honey bees are more like your pet dog or …
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Nothing against honey bees, but is there anyone out there who doesn’t like bumble bees? They’re cute, fuzzy, often featured in children’s storybooks, and they also happen to be the most important pollinator of Solanaceous plants such as tomatoes and peppers. Yes, all you salsa and hot sauce aficionados out there are bumble bee fans, …
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In the last article, we explored the rarely seen historical beehives in the era when they were built like fancy elegant furniture. The oversized windows of the hives let intrigued minds wonder about the esoteric working of a bee colony. Beekeeping in those days provided a choice sweet at the table and so it remained …
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Here are many different types of jobs in a honey bee hive. Cells need to be cleaned and polished, so the queen can lay eggs. The rapidly developing larvae need brood food. To survive, the colony requires both nectar and pollen. Returning foragers carrying loads of nectar or water need to be unloaded, so they …
Read MoreThe Log Hive Wyatt A. Mangum – 1101 Welcome to the Dark Side! SCIAMM 2018 Norman Carreck – 1103 Honey from the Earth Kirk Webster – 1109 Sweet Things at Sawgrass Mark and Gene Killion – 1117 Determining the Relative Value of Hives for Almond Pollination Randy Oliver – 1125 The Art of Recycling: Beefeater Bee Feeder Frank Linton – 1131 The Kitchen Comes Alive with Honey: …
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A working log-hive apiary in the Cévennes Mountains, France. These century-old “gums” are worked once a year: the slate slab roof is removed to harvest the honey. Photo by Eric Tourneret, author of the new book Honey from the Earth, described in Kirk Webster’s essay in this issue.
Read MoreElephants can cause havoc to farm land. Now an organic formulation containing honey bee pheromones has been found to safely repel elephants, offering promise for a new strategy to prevent the world’s largest land animals from destroying crops or causing other damage in areas where humans conflict with elephants. A study was conducted at Greater …
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Asian hornets attack honey bee colonies in much of Europe. The United Kingdom doesn’t want this hungry predator feasting on their hives. They’ve set up an effective eradication program, successfully destroying the unwanted invaders on two separate incursions. New technology will make finding the nests of these voracious hornets easier. Research shows that electronic …
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