First Year Beekeepers Hello: My husband and I are first year beekeepers. We live in the Washington, DC area and have a weekend place in West Virginia. We set up two beehives in the spring of 2017 at our place in WV. There’s a small stream nearby and more wildflowers all spring, summer and fall …
Read MoreQ Ventilation I’ve made a Lang hive ventilator. I stapled a plastic queen excluder to prevent the hardware cloth from sagging. I then put a layer of thin burlap, then shavings. The frame has holes drilled with screen on them. I’m having a tough decision on one thing. Do I put my ventilator on top …
Read MoreTraps baited with synthetic pheromone could become solution to invasive Asian hornet Over the past decade, Asian hornets, predatory insects with a widespread and expanding population, have invaded parts of Europe and Korea. Vespa velutina has a growing reputation as a species that proliferates rapidly, preys on honey bees and poses risks to humans. Now …
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University of Delaware researcher helps establish socioeconomic growth program for displaced miners in West Virginia University of Delaware Former coal miners or citizens whose lives have been shaped by the coal mining industry in southern West Virginia spent their summer learning how to establish and operate bee colonies thanks to help from the University of …
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You’ve heard the rumors, right? Honey never goes bad, it’s been found in Egyptian tombs ready to eat, and it’s the only cure for some antibiotic-resistant bacteria. You may wonder if any of this is true, and if so, why. Let’s look at some of the details. Since the beginning of recorded history, honey has …
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During a dark and bitter cold morning of last January 2017, I had just sprinted to the back door of the house. I was running from the bee house by my home apiary. Not because of the bees, but rather I ran from seven measly degrees above zero, the only ones remaining at 4:00 a.m. …
Read MoreHaving spent 36 months thinking together about the social evolution of the honey bee, it’s worth pausing to reflect that the whole social enterprise rises or falls on the system’s ability to rein in individual selfishness. E.O. Wilson, the “father of sociobiology” and Pulitzer prize winning science writer, reminds us that we humans are eusocial …
Read MoreHarvey & Irma’s Impact on Beekeepers Kirsten Traynor – 1179 How a Population of Wild Honey Bee Colonies Living in New York State is Surviving Tom Seeley – 1183 Breeding a Better Bee: Three Social Immunity Traits, One Massive Experiment Alison McAfee – 1195 Honey Bee Nutrition—Part 6 Dale Hill – 1199 Making Comb Honey Should Be Simple and Fun Rusty Burlew – 1205 What …
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Fall arrives in an apiary. The changing leaves and shorter days mean winter will soon be here. Colonies are prepped and ready for winter, ideally with plenty of stores, lots of young, healthy winter bees, and low varroa mite pressure. Wishing you and your bees a Happy Thanksgiving.
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It was at a Governors’ Conference several years ago where Mrs. Karen Pence learned about bees firsthand. She knew they existed; she knew they were important, but Mrs. Pence did not realize exactly how exciting bees were until she attended this conference with her husband. The National Governors’ Association sets up meetings for first spouses …
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