Varroa and Tropilaelaps feed primarily on honey bee hemolymph when they reproduce Until 2019, everyone knew varroa was a vampire that fed on honey bee hemolymph. But then Sammy Ramsey published his paradigm-altering study (Ramsey et al., 2019; highlighted in the April 2019 Notes from the Lab: 159(4):443-445), showing varroa was actually more like a …
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Around this time of year, I have the most glorious recurring dreams about swarms. Usually, the dream starts out like any run-of-the-mill dream about working for hire on Taylor Swift’s rainforest unicorn farm. I’m usually crawling around on the soft fragrant ground, trimming iridescent fringed aphids from a coral reef tree, when my knees begin …
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Many of us keep some type of beekeeping log. A log contains data — facts and figures that describe what we found, what we did, and what comes next. It may also contain colony maintenance reminders, to-do lists, and inspection notes. Some of us record these reminders in a notebook or digital device, while others …
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A bee yard is for the moment While I have no way of counting for sure, I estimate that during all my bee years, I have dealt with 70 to 90 apiary locations. At this very moment, I have one — just one — apiary location, here at my home (and it needs help). Clearly, …
Read MorePlastic Beehives Plastic beehives, particularly polystyrene beehives, are, and should be, anathema. Polystyrene, especially expanded polystyrene, is subject to fragmentation into breakdown products that include microparticles and nanoparticles that, in turn, absorb microorganisms and toxins thus increasing their impact when ingested. Scientific Reports (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-64464-9), “Potential toxicity of polystyrene microplastic particles”: “Direct contact with microplastic particles …
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The Wisconsin Honey Producers Association is proud to announce that of Berlin, Wisconsin was selected as the 2024 Wisconsin Honey Queen. Sadie is the daughter of Tammy and Tony Goettl. A graduate of Berlin High School, Sadie is a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, studying Agricultural Business Management and Communications Arts, with certificates in …
Read MoreThe Bees for Development Green Match campaign emerges as a beacon of hope in the face of the devastating consequences of deforestation that lead to soil erosion, land degradation, and severe hardships for local communities in Zimbabwe. Bees for Development proposes the powerful solution of beekeeping. Inextricably linked, bees and trees create a relationship that …
Read MoreSubmitted by Mihaly Hevesi The European Beekeeping Association was established on February 10 in Belgrade during the XV State Beekeeping Fair. Twenty-six European beekeeping associations joined the association, with 18 of them represented at the founding assembly. Additionally, two observers attended from Germany and Ukraine. Biljana Tomić, the Technical Secretary of EBA, led the founding …
Read MoreBook Reviews: Spring Reads Dewey M. Caron, Tina Sebestyen, David Shimo – 353 Division of Labor in a Colony: Who does What? Part 2: Adulthood and old age Kayla deJong – 373 The Elephant and the EPA Randy Oliver – 379 Research Lab Spotlight: The University of Minnesota Bee Lab Alison McAfee – 385 What …
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A candle to spring: Here is a typical early-spring scene. A young Caucasian queen (reared last summer) has been laying in every empty cell she can find – and one not-quite-empty one, where an egg stands like a candle wick on a vivid base of henbit pollen. Timothy Williams took this photo February 25 at …
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