When it comes to the dance floor, my Cuban-born wife of Spanish descent belongs to a different league than her Hoosier-born husband raised on a hog farm. Need I bother to say, a better league? Whether it’s her genes or her culture or the rhythm of the Caribbean waves, she just simply gets it, while …
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We are in the middle of an epidemic of varroa mites (Varroa destructor). Varroa mites damage developing honey bees and transmit a number of deadly viruses, often leading to colony death. This deadly pest has become so widespread in the United States that they are in virtually every honey bee colony, and can re-infest colonies …
Read MoreKeeping Honey Bee Colonies Safe from the Varroa Mite Meghan Milbrath……………………………………………………………………………….985 Light or Heavy Syrup for Drawing Foundation Randy Oliver…………………………………………………………………………………..993 “Smooth Honey”—The Art of Making Creamed Honey Ron Miksha……………………………………………………………………………………997 Delaware’s Big Joe Nicolai Keeps Busy with Bees and His Careers Cecil Hicks……………………………………………………………………………………1001 Anita Deeley—Keeping Bees and Helping Beekeepers in Massachusetts Mary and Bill Weaver……………………………………………………………………….1007 Understanding …
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September Cover Picture Photographer Michael LaSpina captured this excellent photo of a honey bee working Yellow Star Thistle in Northern California.
Read MoreBee Water and Sphagnum Peat Moss Perfect solution! Thank you so much for publishing Tibor Csincsa’s Letter to the Editor titled “More On Bees and Water” in the June 2016 issue. I have struggled over the years to develop a dependable watering solution for my bee yards where water is not readily available. Either the …
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The season has been one of extremes. Earlier spring heavy rains in the Southeast and Southwest were followed by torrential rains and disastrous flooding in the Mideastern states, especially in West Virginia. Later in the spring and early summer extreme heat gripped much of the South, especially the Southwest and Southern California. Heat advisories in …
Read MoreThe 7th annual fall meeting of the Illinois Queen Initiative (IQI) will be held Saturday, October 29, 2016 from 9 am to 4 pm at the Asmark Institute Agricenter, 14171 Carole Drive, Bloomington, Illinois; Doors open at 8:30. The IQI is an organization of volunteers dedicated to educating Illinois beekeepers on rearing queens, with an …
Read MoreQ Big swarm, now what? I collected a very large swarm yesterday. It filled 2.5 deep boxes. I just happened to have 3 boxes that had all drawn comb. I did replace 5 frames with new foundation to keep them busy. My questions are: With such a large swarm, and now the queen will start …
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Genes related to hormone signaling and sex cell division let worker bees reproduce asexually PLOS Parasitic Cape honey bees exploit and overrun other honey bee colonies by triggering changes that let worker bees reproduce. This social parasitism is enabled by differences in several gene regions, including some related to hormone signaling and chromosomal segregation, report …
Read MorePurdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A Purdue University study shows that honey bees collect the vast majority of their pollen from plants other than crops, even in areas dominated by corn and soybeans, and that pollen is consistently contaminated with a host of agricultural and urban pesticides throughout the growing season. Christian Krupke, professor …
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