We all know honey bees spin cocoons, right? It’s a fact backed by every beekeeping book ever published. But talk to enough beekeepers, and you will soon learn most of them have never seen a bee cocoon, at least not one they remember. Intrigued by this anomaly, I read everything I could about cocoons and …
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A failed colony’s last gasp This is how this laying worker story started Earlier this summer, I was under a tent at a rainy outdoor field day where I had just given a general spring/summer presentation that essentially required me to shout at my audience for about fifty minutes. Afterwards, a couple of new beekeepers …
Read MoreA California Honey Cave? As a follow-up to my article on “The Texas Honey Caves,” I stumbled upon this from California: A MINE OF SWEETNESS. “Generally, when we hear of rich strikes, it is in the gold or silver line; but this time it turns out to be honey, pure and sweet. A few days …
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Decorah, Iowa, August 15, 2022 — Of the 55 species of bees found living on the Luther College campus this summer, seven have never been recorded in Iowa. Emmelyn Cullen ’24 and Gwen Coleman ’24 spent the summer surveying bee diversity at Luther. “The objective of the research is to make recommendations so that we …
Read MoreIn USDA Sugar and Sweeteners Report, honey consumption totals 618 million pounds for the first time Erie, Colorado, August 16, 2022 — U.S. honey demand reached an all-time high, according to the latest Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook report (https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/outlooks/104129/sss-m-406.pdf) published by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In a special article on the U.S. …
Read MoreInternational Honey Market Report Ron Phipps – 1063 Autumn Reads: Book Reviews Carol Hrusovszky and M.E.A. McNeil – 1077 A Year As a Commercial Beekeeper — October Charles Linder – 1085 Colony Confidential … What Really Goes on Inside the Hive Chapter 9: A Chance Meeting Peter Keilty, with illustrations by Bridget White – 1098 …
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Goldenrod (genus Solidago), consists of over 100 species, and is native across broad swaths of North America. For many beekeepers, especially in rural areas, goldenrod is the last major nectar flow before winter. Our cover photo was taken in October 2020 by Jamie Jackson of Brewton, Alabama.
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Q Queen questions Does the presence of a well mated, good laying queen delay maturation (mating/development) in a virgin queen? Is this perhaps why the mature queen usually leaves with a swarm prior to the virgin queen hatching? I have created multi-queen colonies using queens of various developmental ages. Each queen has a different medium …
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A series of beekeepers’ “best guesses” It’s a fact Yes, it’s a fact. Honey bees are perfectly capable of managing themselves. Yet here I am — offering advice to both new and experienced beekeepers on typical colony fall management protocols. Left to their decisions, honey bees would swarm more often, select much smaller nest domiciles …
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These clingy flies might not be as harmless as they seem As varroa pops up in ever more Australian apiaries, it is becoming increasingly likely that this time, the parasite will not be contained. Though previously famous for being one of the last places in the world untouched by varroa, Australia is quickly losing hope …
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