Good nutrition can help us ward off illness. But what happens when we’re already sick? In honey bees, sick bees appear to make smarter nutritional choices. A new study compared the feeding habits of healthy bees to those infected with the gut parasite Nosema ceranae. In the study, published recently in the journal Microbial Ecology, …
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Bees depend on the flowering plants that produce nectar and pollen for sustenance. It’s a symbiotic relationship that evolved over time. New research shows that flowering plants likely originated between 149 and 256 million years ago. The study, published Feb. 4th, 2018 in New Phytologist by researchers from the UK and China, shows that flowering …
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Frank Family Girls Dear Editor, I’m a lucky father. Mary Frank is my now 13 year-old daughter. She is my right hand lady and business partner. We have 6 hives at present and hope to expand to 15 in the near future. I couldn’t keep bees without her and her sisters. Mary can do anything …
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How do you define yourself? This is a question that I’ve asked myself countless times. Mainly the answer has been a hyphenated jumble of the many labels that I acquired over the years. I started out as a good kid, but I had issues that I did not know how to face. Attempting to combat …
Read MoreInternational Honey Market Ron Phipps and Norberto Garcia – 383 Grant Me the Courage Kane M. – 389 But Won’t They Fly Back? Making Nucs Within a Single Apiary Zachary Lamas – 395 Detroit Hives Fight the Blight Rusty Burlew – 399 Honey Bees, Mice and Propolis Al Avitable – 405 A Turn in Approach: The Long Lang Hive Caroline Abbott – 411 The Varroa Problem …
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A magnificent swarm photo by Åke H Nilsson. It appears in the Bonhoff article, where the author has us re-evaluate when a colony ceases to exist. The original queen leaves with a swarm, so the daughter colony left behind should be considered a new colony with a different genetic fingerprint.
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How can I help my bees get rid of all these mites?” A question that surely emerges in beekeepers’ heads when they open their colonies and see legions of hungry monsters crawling around. Fortunately, many weapons are available in the fight against Varroa destructor. Unfortunately, they do not completely eradicate the parasite. Worse, the most …
Read MoreQ IT’S RED!! Jerry, Found this lady outside of her hive in Northwest Georgia. The temperature had reached the high 40’s that day. The red in her pollen sacs is what caught my eye. I thought it strange, as I had never seen pollen that color, let alone in cold weather. An internet search led …
Read MoreTallow Tree Response Good grief! when it is not the varroa, it is legislators who actually want to kill the tallow tree. Our fellow beeks in Louisiana and Texas are heavily dependent on the tallow tree [which, unfortunately does not grow here :-( ]. Apparently, the tallow tree is an invasive species introduced from China. …
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Winners Will Use $40,000 in Prize Money to Improve, Accelerate Honey Bee Nutrition The Honey Bee Health Coalition announced that it has awarded $40,000 to four innovative projects aimed at improving honey bee nutrition and supporting honey bee and pollinator health. The awards, announced at the 2018 American Bee Research Conference, are part of the …
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