Last 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 …
Read MoreThe Varroa Problem—Part I Randy Oliver………………………………………………………………………………….1233 Bomb vs Bond—Non-chemical Varroa Treatment Options—Part II M.E.A. McNeil………………………………………………………………………………..1239 Honey Bee Colony Losses: What’s Happening in South America? Fabrice Requier, Nancy Garcia, Georg Andersson, Facundo Oddi, Lucas A. Garibaldi…… ……………………………………………………………………………………………1247 Making and Maintaining Connections: Networking: Personal, Social, Corporate Lawrence John Connor………………………………………………………………………125 The Ethics of Honey Selling Howard Scott…………………………………………………………………………………1259 Charlie …
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Currently, a third to a half of managed honey bee colonies is lost every winter in Europe (Potts et al. 2010a) and North America (Seitz et al., 2016). This decline in managed honey bees threatens honey production and crop pollination service in many countries (Potts et al. 2016), leading to concerns for negative social, economic …
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Kris Hurlbert sent us this beautiful apiary photo that he has entitled “Hives under a Morning Fog”. Kris said, “I thought I would send you a photo I took the other morning of our hives under a morning fog just as the sun was breaking. The more I look at it, the more it captivates …
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Bacteria in the gut of young honey bees may provide clues about the impact parasites have on bee health. That and other experimental findings were published by U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) researchers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Because young honey bees don’t have gut bacteria, entomologist Jay …
Read MoreResearchers from New Zealand’s University of Otago have discovered the molecular mechanism by which queen honey bees carefully control worker bees’ fertility. It has long been known that worker bees have a very limited ability to reproduce in a hive with a queen and brood present, but in their absence, a third of them will …
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UNITED STATES Honey crops will be up in the Midwest, according to many of our reporters this season. The big honey-producing states of North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota (which account for over 30% of our total U.S. honey crop) had rain and warm weather at the right times, so many beekeepers felt their crops …
Read MoreDon’t Do This SO appreciate your column and all the information and advice you provide! It’s the first article I read in the ABJ! I discovered the hard way that the plastic honey bears are not made the way they used to be! I had two jars that had crystallized. Not wanting to risk of …
Read MoreHoney Bees Forage on Alfalfa It was a really lovely day; I was supposed to be helping Stephen super up his bees he keeps on a neighboring farm. I was a little disappointed that the bees seemed to be surrounded by nothing but corn, which at that moment, was very tall. The bees in this …
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