More Research Needed on Herbicide Effects on Bees I would very much like to see more research on the effect of herbicides on honey bee brood development. Currently there is next to none, so far as I can tell. True, most herbicides are considered to be relatively safe to use around ADULT honey bees. But …
Read MoreWith last month’s column we reached a significant milestone in our evolutionary history of the honey bee – the point at which queens and workers have diverged in form and function to the point that each can no longer perform the functions of the other. The queen can’t survive without the workers and the workers …
Read MoreThe Waterleaf family consists of about 20 genera and 275 species, but these numbers vary a bit with the reference consulted.[2 & 19] In part, this is probably because some species are placed in different families by different authors. The family is common to most of the world except Australia and its members are largely annual …
Read MoreYou do not have to be around honey bee colonies very long before you encounter one of their most complicated group behaviors – the swarm. Beekeepers usually do not like to see a colony swarm. After all, it means that their colony split in half usually right before or during the major nectar flow of …
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The 2014 beekeeping season will long be remembered for the need for crisis intervention in much of Central Pennsylvania. Winter losses in the region were catastrophic. The season started on a bad note with a spring that came late, and to add insult to injury, fall came early. There were too many days of warm …
Read MoreQ Beekeeping is a Sticky Subject As many people say… we love your article, and read it first! My question comes as a fairly new beekeeper that’s just bumped up to 6 hives. We are enjoying a productive honey crop and everything is getting quite sticky. So, the “hygienic queen bee” in me wants to …
Read MoreSuper Highway to Successful Honey Marketing—Part 4—Honey Stands, Mobile Stands, New Venues, and Advertising on a Small Budget T’Lee Sollenberger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …
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Does that honey bee look a bit different? If you thought yes, you are right. It is an Apis cerana honey bee (the Asiatic Honey Bee) on a Zinnia on the campus of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fuzhou, China. Expert photographer and bee researcher Dr. Zachary Huang of Michigan State University was kind …
Read MoreHoliday time is honey time. One way to get your Christmas shopping list shortened is to give your friends honey for Christmas. Most folks like honey anyway, but comb honey is special. Our comb honey here in the middle of the country along the lower Mississippi River is some of the best tasting honey in …
Read MoreMore and more beekeepers worry that beekeeping is no longer sustainable, a concern reinforced by a multitude of media reports and survey results showing high colony mortality, reduced bee viability, and some tantalizing data that indicates that beekeeping globally is undergoing tremendous change. Beekeepers report that fewer of their colonies are able to survive the …
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