Q WINGLESS WASP OR DEFORMED WING VIRUS? Jerry, I came upon this wasp with no wings. I have numerous honey bee colonies nearby and have, on occasion, had cases of Deformed Wing Virus affect some of my honey bees. Can DWV affect other Hymenoptera? Are you aware of other explanations for the lack of wings …
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UNITED STATES Honey crops will be down in the United States this season due to drought conditions suffered in the big honey-producing states of Florida, South Dakota, North Dakota and Montana. There have been some bright spots, however, such as the resurgence of honey production in California after that state’s long drought finally ended. In …
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Pollen Layers I’m a sideliner beekeeper from Chile (South America) and a devoted ABJ follower. Last summer, inspecting my bees I accidentally broke part of a comb and saw a cell with packed pollen with different colored layers (showing different floral origins). This picture shows that bees store different pollen between different cells, but also …
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Honey bee pollination is vital for Pacific Northwest agriculture. The PNW region has a great diversity of crops and many of those crops are dependent on bee pollination including several fruits and vegetables. Understanding the pollination dynamics is important for beekeepers, growers and policy makers alike. To provide insights to these stakeholders, we have continued …
Read MoreYork University TORONTO, Thursday, June 29, 2017 – Worker and queen honeybees exposed to field realistic levels of neonicotinoids die sooner, reducing the health of the entire colony, a new study led by York University biologists has found. The researchers were also surprised to find that the neonicotinoid contaminated pollen collected by the honeybees came …
Read MoreA new study from North Carolina State University finds that common wild bee species decline as urban temperatures increase. “We looked at 15 of the most common bee species in southeastern cities and – through fieldwork and labwork – found that increasing temperatures in urban heat islands will have a negative effect on almost all …
Read More‘Hive Uganda’ Founder plans to bring honey production and beekeeping training to the blind community of Uganda as an inaugural winner of the Holman Prize. GULU, UGANDA – Imagine tending a beehive – or a whole farm of bees – with hundreds of thousands of buzzing, pollen-loving insects crawling all over you, stingers at the …
Read MoreWith 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 …
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