Probably most people on the planet interact with honey bees at some point. Those of us who are beekeepers enjoy developed interactions with honey bees that arise out of a respect for and fascination of the bee. However, the interaction that many other individuals have with honey bees is quite negative, usually resulting from the …
Read MoreThis column must include some comments about our 2-queen hive experiment and we shall get that out of the way first this month. It is now official; we have one full depth hive body in the middle of the East and West colonies that is full of honey. We made one shallow super of comb …
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Mead is the spit of the gods. No, really. Norse legend has it that to end the Æsir-Vanir War, the gods gathered together and expectorated in a vat. From this spittle they created a man named Kvisar, a man so wise there was no question he could not answer, and this spittle-man traveled the world …
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Pollination season will be upon us soon—starting with California almond pollination in February and March. These beekeepers are part of the LeFore Honey Farms crew checking colonies during last season’s almond bloom. This beautiful photo comes to us courtesy of photographer Clarke Sutphin of Billings, MT.
Read Moreby Emily Murray Public Affairs Specialist USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Columbia, MO The closing days of World War II brought sleepless nights to David Panahi, then a four-year-old Iranian boy living in what is now Azerbaijan near the border of Russia. His father away with the Army, Panahi remembers countless nights lying alone on …
Read MoreCELL PRESS Researchers have discovered that a social, stingless bee from Brazil feeds its larvae on a special type of fungus grown in the nest. Without it, very few young survive, according to a report in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on October 22. The discovery marks the first such relationship between a social …
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UNITED STATES Reports from beekeepers indicate a mostly strong market for honey at both wholesale and retail levels. However, the pressure on large lots of honey offered to packers continues and offering prices are down some from last year. Reporters blame this on both cheaper foreign honey, as well as larger stocks of new crop …
Read MoreSwarm Trap Article Was Helpful I want to thank Dr. Leo Sharashkin and ABJ for the article “A Swarm Trap On Every Tree.” This ingenious design has enabled me to expand my apiary almost 4-fold this spring. I have put up swarm traps in the past using 10-frame hives with a full deep and an …
Read MoreScientific name: Vitis sp. Origin: Grapes belong to the genus Vitis in the family Vitaceae. The genus is distributed in Europe (1 species)1, Asia (~40 species) and North America (~20 species).[10] While there are perhaps 11 genera and 600 species in the family, Vitis is sometimes claimed to be the only genus that supplies human food.[25] Grapes present me …
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