This month marks the two-year anniversary of the start of my serial history on the evolution of the honey bee. It has been my wish to explore the deep origins of things we regularly observe in our colonies and to give the biological bases for the practices beekeepers do to maximize bee health and honey …
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Although his name has drifted into obscurity, in the first half of the 1880’s, A. E. Manum was nationally known (see Figure 1). Manum was a beekeeper selling honey by the ton and manufacturing beekeeping supplies on a large scale in Vermont. His origins, however, were humble, and he did not come from a beekeeping …
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Scientific name: Triadica sebifera Synonyms: Sapium sebiferum Origin: China, Japan [5 &13]. Plant Description: The ultimate height of the tree is generally 30 to 40 ft and occasionally 60 ft. Dirr[3] states that the national champion is/was 76 ft in height and was located in Polk County, TX. The leaves are about 3.5 to 7 …
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A Point of Inflection or turning point has been reached in global honey prices. The incentive to produce pure honey is being restored. More powerful and sophisticated scientific techniques and a more comprehensive global data base to assess the adulteration and circumvention of honey are being developed. The integration of the incentives to produce and …
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Michael LaSpina, who lives in California, took this wonderful photo of a honey bee “enjoying the Chrysanthemum bloom”. He said, “Mums in the garden are both white and golden, as well as maroon colors, but the bees seem to prefer the golden shade.”
Read MoreInternational Honey Market Ron Phipps………………………………………………………………………………………29 Beyond Taktic—Beekeeper-funded Research Randy Oliver……………………………………………………………………………………43 The Varroa Problem—Part 4—Mite-resistant Bees—Pipedream or Plausible? Randy Oliver……………………………………………………………………………………53 Community Treatment Day Michele Colopy, Wendy Mather and Peggy Garnes………………………………………….59 Is It Time to Breed for Propolis? A. Lee Lang………………………………………………………………………………………71 Sensory Analysis of Honey Suzanne Ress……………………………………………………………………………………75 Marine Veteran Picked for Delaware Planting Hope with Honey Bees …
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It has been my privilege to teach a few more new beekeepers these past several years. Beginning beekeeping is my favorite class to teach because it is the most fun. It is almost misleading for new beekeeping students to get a brand new package or nucleus started on new foundation. The first year is the …
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UNITED STATES During the fall season beekeepers were finishing their extracting and bottling in preparation for holiday sales. Most reports indicated fair to good retail sales, but some reporters said they noticed that grocery store retail prices had declined some. Bulk domestic wholesale honey movement continues to collide with increased imports of cheaper foreign honey, …
Read MoreQ Nutrition During Winter? Jeff A That is a loaded question because there are many needs and nuances and what it ultimately means to the health and sustainability of the colony. To add a wrinkle to this, honey bees before varroa mites were wild insects that simply tolerated us putting them in our beehives, but …
Read MoreFor Christmas Our local beekeepers’ club is small in number but pretty connected with each other throughout the year. We share an added blessing because we are fortunate enough to have a Dadant store right in Sioux City that makes access for our bee supplies not much out of our way. That is how your …
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