The Appearance of Bees to Each Other (Conspecifics) in Ultraviolet Light, Part 1

Posted January 1, 2025

The Appearance of Bees to Each Other (Conspecifics) in Ultraviolet Light, Part 1

Here I release the first results of one of my classified projects. These projects are serious scientific bee research endeavors usually with a high risk of failure (that is, finding nothing worth reporting). If a classified project works, however, the results could be useful from a basic science perspective (exploration) or from an applied science …

Posted January 1, 2025

The Classroom – January 2025

Q: Exclusions Cages As I prepare for the upcoming season, I have bought some exclusion cages to hold my queens. My goal is to use them for 14-day brood breaks to help control Varroa, followed by oxalic acid treatment. However, I am wondering if these cages might also be suitable for banking mated queens within …

Posted January 1, 2025

Tooling Around: How to Use, Lose, and Abuse a Hive Tool

I carried a tattered Amazon box from the cabinet above the wooden trap door to the kitchen counter. The box was leaden, brimming with tools my husband had gathered the last time he visited our “project house” in South Dakota. Just then, I needed a tool to lift an ancient tack strip from a wooden …

Posted January 1, 2025

Letters to the Editor – January 2025

Small-Scale vs. Commercial Management Regarding October’s article by Eric Talley, “Should Small-scale Beekeepers Manage their Colonies Like Commercial Beekeepers Do?”: Thank you for putting into words the answers to so many practices we are unfortunately met with at the beekeeper association level that primarily serve the backyard beekeeper. As an educator of beginners and intermediate …

Posted January 1, 2025

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER CONDUCTING BEEKEEPER SURVEY

The University of Colorado Boulder’s Peleg Lab and University of Arizona’s Experimental Philosopher Jonathon Keats are seeking insights from beekeepers for their research on honey bee perception and behavior. Share your unique experiences and observations with us by participating in our Beekeeping Questionnaire at https://www.peleglab.com/beesurvey. Your feedback will help inform new scientific inquiries into how …

Posted January 1, 2025

2023-2024 SPECIAL COLLECTION OF SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES ON HONEY BEE RESEARCH FROM THE JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

The Journal of Insect Science partnered with the American Association of Professional Apiculturists and the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists to publish a special collection of scientific articles on recent research on honey bees: Current Honey Bee Research: Investigating Micro and Macro Aspects of Health and Sociobiology. The articles are open source, so everyone can …

Adult Spotted Lanternfly Small bug with spotted wings and a slight reddish hue sitting on a piece of wood.

Posted January 1, 2025

INVASIVE SPOTTED LANTERNFLY DETECTED IN GEORGIA

ATLANTA, GA — The Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) has received confirmation from the USDA that the first detection of spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula or SLF), an invasive planthopper that poses a serious risk to the state’s agriculture, was made in Fulton County, Georgia on October 22, 2024, and confirmed by USDA APHIS on November …

Posted January 1, 2025

Contents-January 2025

Winter Reads Rusty Burlew, Dewey M. Caron, Carol Hrusovsky, Eugene Makovec, Tina Sebestyen – 23 Highbush Blueberry Pollination Survey Miriam Bixby – 41 A History of the Discoveries About the Sexuality of the Honey Bee – Part 3 Frédéric Eggers de Villepin – 53 The Healing Power of Honey: A Review of its Benefits in …

American Bee Journal January 2025 Cover: A snow covered field in the foreground, with multicolored hives with snow on top in the middle-ground and bare trees in the background.

Posted January 1, 2025

ABJ JANUARY 2025 COVER

Winter respite: This month’s cover comes to us from Paul Landsberg of Clinton, Missouri. The photo was taken at his home yard last January, shortly before the trek to California for almond pollination.

Posted December 1, 2024

The Classroom – December 2024

Q: How to store uncapped honey? I have a super that is full, but it is not capped. I have been told you can freeze it for 48 hours, remove it from the freezer, place in a black plastic bag, and then store it away for spring. Your thoughts? Fred Giardinelli Schenectady, New York September …

The Appearance of Bees to Each Other (Conspecifics) in Ultraviolet Light, Part 1

Posted January 1, 2025