I’ve met a number of new beekeepers, excited to begin keeping bees. They have been through a class, and navigated various beekeeping situations throughout the summer. Then in August they harvest their honey, finding an extra five gallon pail or two, full of nature’s bounty. After family, coworkers and neighbors have their supply of your …
Read MoreThe Varroa Problem—Part 6b—Small-scale Breeding Randy Oliver…………………………………………………………………………………375 In Search of the Best Swarm Lure Leo Sharashkin……………………………………………………………………………….381 America’s Sweetest Honey Ron Miksha……………………………………………………………………………………393 Harvesting Honey: Let Me Count the Ways! Peter Borst……………………………………………………………………………………..399 So You Want to Sell at the Farm Market? Andy Hemken………………………………………………………………………………….405 A Test of Using CO2 for Bee-friendly Mite Monitoring Randy Oliver…………………………………………………………………………………..411 Mechanisms of Hygienic …
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Mark Fletter from Carbondale, Illinois sent us this colorful photo of a swarm in a redbud tree that he took on April 4th of last year. It came too late for our spring 2016 issues, so we are sharing it with you now. Enjoy!
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UNITED STATES Colonies had been placed in holding yards in California and were scheduled to be moved into the almond groves later in February. Prices for almond pollination have increased by $10 to $15 per hive, bringing the average price to between $180 and $190. Premiums are being paid for strong colonies with more frames …
Read MoreJanuary 2017 Articles An open letter to all in the beekeeping world: It was with great anticipation that I read the second part of Mrs. McNeil’s article: Bond vs. Bomb and Randy Oliver’s Part 1 of The Varroa Problem in the November issue of ABJ. Being both encouraged and disappointed, I decided to wait until …
Read MoreQ Monsanto Varroa Research Jerry, I have read the Classroom for the last few years with interest. Your responses to questions have been meaningful, insightful, helpful and entertaining. My question is: How close is Monsanto to coming up with a product that will be efficient in the control of varroa? Ben Roundy A We had …
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In late February, certainly by early March, the bees and I have become restless. We both feel it. Early Spring has finally arrived to the woods around the hives in Virginia, the eastern Piedmont region. Contemplating the first hive inspections of the season, the nagging worry would be: how well did my bees survive the …
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In my third installment in a mini-series on social immunity I want to give a summary of what this knowledge can teach us about practical honey bee health management. It’s useful to remind ourselves that agriculture, by definition, is the management of food plants and animals to achieve unnaturally high productivity. For example, a typical …
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In this article is a proposal. I am not a proponent of big government. It is obvious the bigger the government intervention, the less efficient the country’s production. I am not referring to the United States, but any nation. You show me a communist or socialist country and the people there are inevitably poor. Compare …
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Before the advent of the Varroa bee mite (Varroa destructor), the biggest challenge to honey bee health was American foulbrood (AFB), caused by the rod-shaped spore-forming bacterium Paenibacillus larvae (formerly classified as Bacillus larvae and Paenibacillus larvae ssp larvae/pulvifaciens). It is the most widespread and destructive of the brood diseases, according to Wikipedia.com: “Larvae up …
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