Comment VARROA, VARROA, VARROA! I wrote you earlier in the year and asked you your opinion about why my bees died. I was positive that it was some kind of pesticide exposure from farmers around me late last year that showed up under winter conditions. You asked me about sampling and treating for mites and …
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With the exception of parts of the Upper Midwest and Northeastern states, beekeepers over much of the country experienced a mild winter resulting in better colony survival rates. In some cases beekeepers still had high winter colony losses due to poor late summer and fall flows in 2016, as well as experiencing heavy varroa mite …
Read MoreYou might ask yourself “How can we fix the issues we have with the Honey bees?” The answer can be as simple as …. “Let’s ask today’s youth”. That is what FIRST® is doing. The mission of FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is to inspire young people to be science and …
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Leesburg VA Business Leader Plants “Honey Bee Sanctuary” — Yielding Cheerful Flowers for Seniors and a Learning Experience for Kids Without honeybees, the world would be a gloomier place. Besides brightening our environment with colorful flowers and plants, bees (and other pollinators like butterflies, birds and insects), also pollinate the fruits, nuts, and vegetables we …
Read MoreNew Project to Fight the Mite! : Treating Packages This Spring many beekeepers will be replenishing dead hives with packages. As all bees have some level of varroa mites, controlling mites in newly installed hives before brood is capped is key to ensure colony growth in the spring and summer. NY Bee Wellness, partnering with …
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This month is the second article in a trilogy to help mentors, teachers and beekeeping associations address the tide of incoming hobby beekeepers who want to keep bees. Most novice beekeepers want one hive to keep in the backyard. This is a bad idea. The chance of a single hive failing within 2 years is …
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In 1889, a seismic shift occurred in queen-rearing technology leading to the rise in fame of one beekeeper and the fading of another. First though, appreciate how different beekeeping was back then. In the United States, seven bee journals were devoted to apiculture, either wholly or partly. Two more bee journals were in Canada.1 That’s …
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In recent years, the subject of swarming – and what to do about it – has grown in importance in ways I never could have imagined as a young scientist or even younger beekeeper. Ever since C.L. Farrar’s pioneering work in 1937 showed a positive relationship between colony population size and honey crops1, beekeepers have …
Read MoreU.S. Honey Production Up 3 Percent for Operations with Five or More Colonies in 2016 USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service…………………………………………….485 Efficacy of Different Methods of Oxalic Acid Application Kathleen C. Evans, Nancy Ostiguy, Margarita M. Lopez-Uribe………………………….505 The Varroa Problem—Part 7—Walking the Walk Randy Oliver…………………………………………………………………………………..509 Absconding, the Mysterious Disappearance of Colonies Robert Weast…………………………………………………………………………………..521 Honey Bee Nutrition—Part I Dale …
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Michael LaSpina, who lives in northern California, took this beautiful photo of a honey bee working a wild radish flower. Michael says that Northern California, like much of the rest of the West Coast, has been experiencing above average rainfall. The extra rainfall has brought back abundant growth of many wildflowers.
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