With my bee work, occasionally I find a colony whose condition is difficult to diagnose. While uniting that colony to others is a constant temptation, I would miss opportunities to see interesting bee behavior. The colony for this article began as a shook-swarm with an older queen (from another colony). The colony was in an …
Read MoreIt is hot at the moment. Supers must go on the bees. One fear in the hearts of most comb honey producers is opening up a hive to check the filling of the supers and finding all is not quite right. This afternoon the heat index is about 110°. It is the perfect time to …
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Last month I talked about honey bee colony defense and explained how stinging is simply the culminating act of a cascade of previous actions in which worker bees detect a threat to the nest, appraise it, alert nestmates to the hazard, direct a number of threatening acts toward the invader, and attack the invader only …
Read MoreThe Living Hive: A Sculpture Built by Bees Elsabe Dixon…………………………………………………………………………931 The Varroa Problem—Part 10—Smokin’-hot Mite Washin’ Randy Oliver…………………………………………………………………………949 Collecting and Caring for the Wild Hive T’Lee Sollenberger……………………………………………………………………965 Stimulative Feeding vs. Maintenance Feeding of Honey Bees—Facts and Thoughts Larry Coble……………………………………………………………………………969 Insights into Honey Bee Pollination in the Pacific Northwest Ramesh Sagili and Dewey M. Caron…………………………………………………973 An …
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This field bee landed on the thumb of Western Australian beekeeper Kay Cotterell as she was working her hives. The red finger nail polish, shady background and golden bee provided wonderful contrast in the macro shot Kay took. The shot also won her the Western Australian Apiarist Society (WAAS) silver medal for best photograph 2017. …
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Spring sprung early here in North Central Texas. In fact, Old Man Winter kind of did a skip, hop and a jump, taking his wares back to Canada. No snow, no ice storms. Very boring indeed! So, the belly flowers bloomed early, cute little bluets, the foreteller of spring. The bees were soooo happy! Warm …
Read MoreQ Wax Moth Migration …. Nope A friend of mine in the bee club said that she knows when the wax moths fly in the spring… it’s when, here in the north, oak leaf bud is the size of squirrel’s ear. Have you heard that before? B in Ohio A As we enter the late …
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“HOLD ON” Please consider this photo for inclusion in your magazine. It was taken by Jennifer Clutts in Anchor Point, Alaska. Thank You. Jesse R. Clutts Hive maintenance as an athletic event What a timely and informative article (June issue) on why I can’t inspect more than 3 hives without giving out. The idea …
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A report summary from the Economic Research Service United States Department of Agriculture What is the issue? Crops that depend on pollinators account for up to one-third of total U.S. food consumption. However, honey bees and other pollinators face a variety of stressors, including diseases, insect pests, pesticide exposure, and changing landscapes. Over the last …
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UNITED STATES Early honey crops in the United States have been better this year due to favorable moisture and weather conditions over much of the country. Exceptions include Florida, where drought hurt honey crops, as well as some northern locations that had exceptionally high winter colony losses and a late spring. Early reports on honey …
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