Champaign, Illinois photographer Brenda Rezk sent this excellent photo of a honey bee on a mint flower. Brenda says on her web site, “I used to teach biology to college students. However, these days, I’m more interested in pursuing photography. I’ve gotten second or third place in a couple of local photo competitions, giving me a bit …
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A Paper Trail: A Tale of Bees and Bureaucrats A year or so ago, a friend of mine spotted a beautiful colony of honey bees hanging from a cottonwood branch about twenty feet above the ground. It had five or six drawn combs about a foot in diameter covered with bees. The tree was at …
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UNITED STATES Beekeepers were finishing their fall bee work as this was written. Most beekeepers were treating for varroa mites with the approved mite treatments, including the more recently approved oxalic acid. In some cases beekeepers are finding larger mite populations than normal, but on the bright side, they had not seen as much parasitic …
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In the first large-scale and comprehensive study on the impacts of transporting honey bees to pollinate various crops, research from North Carolina State University shows that travel can adversely affect bee health and lifespan. Some of these negative impacts may be reduced by moving bee colonies into patches with readily available food or by providing …
Read MoreHoney bees are hardwired to efficiently search the landscape enabling them to continue working for the greater good of their hives even when they are sick, according to new research co-authored by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). Radar technology has been used to show for the first time that bees remain nimble and able …
Read MoreCOMMENT: Kale Honey Jerry, Attached are 2 pictures of my Kale field. This was somewhat of a mistake two years ago as I allowed some Kale to go to seed. The bloom time on this lasts about 3 weeks and peaks for about 10 days (pending weather). Frost seeding in mid to late October seems …
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Scientific name: Trifolium campestre (Hop clover, field clover) and Trifolium aureum (Large hop clover, golden clover). In the beekeeping literature, these two species are frequently handled together. This is the way I handle them here. Synonyms: Hop clover: Trifolium campestre was once called Trifolium procumbens. Large hop clover: Trifolium aureum was once called Trifolium agrarium. …
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When walking up to an apiary, a good beekeeping skill is to let your vision sweep across the hives seeing how the bees flow through the air. When bees are making honey, the bee traffic should stream from the entrances up into the sky or over into nearby fields. The apiary flight pattern is similar …
Read MoreLast month I talked about the evolution of body size which, when it comes to the superorganism, translates to the number of cells (workers) making up the body (colony). When it comes to the honey bee superorganism, it’s reasonable to say that big is good. This is true whether you’re talking about a natural colony …
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As of this writing one of my colonies collapsed with two-half filled supers of comb honey on board. The brood chamber is producing wax moths. The supers have small hive beetles in them. My solution will be to separate the boxes and let nature take its course. The brood frames will have the wired wax …
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