Long before temperatures plummet, the bees are preparing for winter. As soon as the days start getting shorter, it helps to start planning for winter, preparing your colony to survive the long dearth. For colonies to survive the winter, you need healthy winter bees. Winter bees differ greatly from summer bees in their physiology. They …
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To me beekeeping is more than a job. It is a passion! I am from Tagum City, Davao del Norte, Philippines and I am a Filipino beekeeper, currently working for a commercial operation in Wisconsin. Active on Facebook beekeeping groups, I met and corresponded with the editor of American Bee Journal. She asked me to …
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Bernardo D. Niño, Head of Research and Development for Ubees, working bees in the coastal mountains of Oregon. “We are comparing landscape differences between pristine isolated areas and colonies in summer pollination, as well as colonies in honey production. We are working on a cost-benefit analysis that considers transportation, revenues, treatment and feeding costs and …
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I am a 100% chemically-free beekeeper when it comes to varroa control in my apiaries. Does that conjure up images and thoughts of a totally disconnected bee-haver doing no management other than taking what honey my bees are fortunate enough to make? Apiaries with hives simply left to their fate and allowed to collapse, sending …
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Q What Should I Use? I am following your instruction given in the Classroom to the letter Jerry. I have memorized the three words about honey bee health you gave us: varroa, varroa, varroa. I have also memorized the “Tools for Varroa Management Guide” from the HBHC and as summer progresses I am sampling and …
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How about a Skep hat On YouTube is the 1936 movie Red Lights Ahead. In the last 5 minutes, one of the actors has joined the Lodge royal order of bees, and put on his Skep hat. I don’t know if anyone is collecting unusual skeps, and I thought this would qualify. Michael Lowe Zero …
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Last month, we learned how summer could bring a surge of varroa mites immigrating into hives. The number of varroa mites entering a hive on its returning robber bees could accumulate to large numbers, preventing the colony from producing its long-lived bees needed for winter survival. Summer also brings another “pest” infiltrating hive defenses – …
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What would happen if all beekeepers simply stopped trying to control varroa mites? Well, there would likely be a massive worldwide population crash of the managed western honey bee (Apis mellifera). And in the process, there would likely be an epidemic of viruses that spilled over from collapsing honey bee colonies into the numerous species …
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Those new to beekeeping frequently ask why we don’t just breed better bees. This is a logical question because breeding has long been the answer to many agricultural problems. When I say “breeding,” I don’t mean modern gene-insertion techniques that allow us to raise glow-in-the-dark cats, but the old-fashioned kind of breeding where you cross …
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