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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.

Mitigating the Potential threat Your Bees and Beekeeping Activities Pose to Other People

Threat bee swarms pose to people
Posted May 1, 2016

Mitigating the Potential threat Your Bees and Beekeeping Activities Pose to Other People

I started keeping bees when I was 12, roughly 26 years ago. When I first started keeping bees, I was very proud of my colonies and wanted to show them off to everyone. People from my church or my grandparents’ neighbors (I kept my bees on my grandparents’ farm) would stop by while I worked …

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Hyperpolyandry

Hyperpolyandry
Posted May 1, 2016

Hyperpolyandry

Last month I talked about the queen’s habit of mating with many males, storing their sperm, and using that sperm to produce daughters that are genetically diverse. This habit of multiple mating is called polyandry which, if one recalls one’s Greek means poly-many, andry-males. The opposite of this polygyny – many females, which in social …

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Meet a Bee Hunter from History

The Bee Hunter
Posted May 1, 2016

Meet a Bee Hunter from History

The Bee-Keepers Journal and National Agriculturist for the Apiary, Farm and Fireside promised a big engraved picture with every issue, right under the banner of the newspaper. The July 1870 issue showed a rough figure from American lore, legendary now, a reality back then. Overall, he was rarely illustrated or photographed. He was a bee …

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Family Convolvulaceae – The Morning Glory Family

Convolvulaceae - The Morning Glory Family
Posted May 1, 2016

Family Convolvulaceae – The Morning Glory Family

Family Convolvulaceae—The Morning -glory Family The Convolvulaceae consists of twining herbs, trees and shrubs. The family is made up of about 50 genera and between 1400-1650 species. Because of its variability the family is a little messy to deal with. Most of the trees and shrubs don’t occur in North America and are therefore of …

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Master Beekeepers Survey

University of Montana
Posted May 1, 2016

Master Beekeepers Survey

Hello All Beekeepers, We need your help. We are in our final class in Master Beekeeping at the University of Montana. We are conducting a research project to determine the current trends in beekeeping and styles of colony care. Please take this 5 min survey so that we can record your preferences. Please also answer …

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International Honey Market

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Posted April 1, 2016

International Honey Market

Introduction At the end of February, 2016, we received an official letter from U.S. government authorities confirming that the application of resin technology to honey results in creating products which cannot appropriately be labeled or marketed as honey. This is a major development, as it helps to clarify the status of a technology which, it …

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APRIL 2016

Posted April 1, 2016

APRIL 2016

International Honey Market Ron Phipps……………………………………………………………………………………..391 A Review of the New Edition of The Hive and the Honey Bee Peter Loring Borst…………………………………………………………………………….397 Making a Bee Trailer Craig Cella……………………………………………………………………………………..415 Understanding Colony Buildup and Decline—Part 11—Varroa and the Late Season Collapse Randy Oliver…………………………………………………………………………………..419 Colony Collapse Disorder Eight Years Later—Part II Kirsten Traynor……………………………………………………………………………….425 Bringing Up Bees from Packages and …

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April 2016 Cover

ABJ-APRIL-2016-cover
Posted April 1, 2016

April 2016 Cover

Stephen Repasky, author of Swarm Essentials, took this nice photo of a swarm. The photo appears in Larry Connor’s article this month entitled “Apiary Management with Integrity—Part II”.  Mr. Rapasky’s book on swarming may be ordered from www.wicwas.com.

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The Classroom April 2016

Posted April 1, 2016

The Classroom April 2016

Q FROM JERRY –  FROZEN SMALL HIVE BEETLES? I need some input on from you. The magazine is assembled two months in advanced so there is a delay at times with some things like this that happened in January. We had some official winter weather in my area in January. The forecast for the evening …

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U.S. Honey Crops and Markets – April 2016

US Crops and Honey Markets
Posted April 1, 2016

U.S. Honey Crops and Markets – April 2016

UNITED STATES The yearly almond pollination event in California will be over by the time this issue comes out. Early reports suggested that the estimated 2 million colonies rented by growers to pollinate about 1 million acres of almonds did their job well. Despite earlier muddy conditions and a warm spell that caused almond blossoms …

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