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American Bee Journal Volume 166 No. 10 October 2026 Cover Cover Callouts: Apis mellifera, weather girl - 1077, Winter hive ventilation - 1093, 1101, 1105, How does the colony respond to OA? - 1127 Cover shoes a frame of brood with a queen cell and several bees near the center of the frame.

September 2017

Posted September 1, 2017

September 2017

The 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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September ABJ Cover

American Bee Journal September 2017
Posted September 1, 2017

September ABJ Cover

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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Re-Queening Hot Hives

Left shaker box is made from a bee box. The right shaker box is made from riveted galvanized sheet metal to keep the surface somewhat slippery.
Posted August 1, 2017

Re-Queening Hot Hives

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 …

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The Classroom – August 2017

Posted August 1, 2017

The Classroom – August 2017

Q 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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Letters to the Editor – August 2017

bees holding onto honey comb
Posted August 1, 2017

Letters to the Editor – August 2017

“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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Land Use, Land Cover, and Pollinator Health: A Review and Trend Analysis

Land Use, Land Cover, and Pollinator Health: A Review and Trend Analysis
Posted August 1, 2017

Land Use, Land Cover, and Pollinator Health: A Review and Trend Analysis

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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U.S. Honey Crops and Markets – August 2017

US Crops and Honey Markets
Posted August 1, 2017

U.S. Honey Crops and Markets – August 2017

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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The Defense Cascade

Posted August 1, 2017

The Defense Cascade

In the life of every beginning beekeeper there is a moment of truth when he or she makes peace with the prospect of bee stings. Stings are, I believe, the biggest deterrent, the biggest moment of hesitation, the biggest obstacle to overcome. However, I also find that among newbies, talk of bee stings, worry about …

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Comb Honey Corner

Posted August 1, 2017

Comb Honey Corner

One of the advantages of writing a column in the American Bee Journal is letters from readers. Most of the time a reader will have a question about one of the articles where that reader is trying to follow the directions for a particular recommendation in that article. Recently, the opposite was the case. There …

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Finding Apiaries: Back on the Ground (part two)

Posted August 1, 2017

Finding Apiaries: Back on the Ground (part two)

In the previous article, we saw how to use Google maps to evaluate potential bee forage surrounding a proposed apiary site, typically in a rural location. After I find a favorable foraging area, I need to look at the vicinity from the ground and verify that the general foraging terrain looks feasible for the number …

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