Hello there! Up close and personal is a terrifying way for most people to encounter a stinging insect. For a beekeeper, it’s an opportunity to observe the fine detail of a bee’s anatomy. Larry Daniel, of Lewisville, North Carolina, took this photo of a worker on the landing board of a friend’s beehive.
Read MoreLucile Morehouse, age 12, is an active 4-H member in Choctaw County, Oklahoma. She is the current president for her local 4-H club, shows animals, and participates nationally in martial arts. She just received the Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development 2023 Enhancement Grant for her application called “Bee Box.” Lucile will be assembling and distributing 600 …
Read MoreFight Varroa mites Véto-pharma just obtained the EPA federal registration for Amiflex®, a 7-day-flash treatment for varroa mites that has been specially designed for commercial operations. Availability to beekeepers will be in accordance with state registrations. After years of rigorous R&D, Véto-pharma has obtained federal registration for a unique and innovative amitraz gel formulation that’s …
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April 23, 2023, WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Brock Harpur, assistant professor of entomology, is one of 10 recipients of the 2022 New Innovator in Food & Agriculture Research Award announced last week. The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) annually selects early-career scientists to receive the investment. “We are very excited by the work …
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Q Splitting to increase hive numbers What is your opinion on making splits for someone wanting to increase hive numbers? I currently have five hives and want to be able to grow my number of hives. I have three hives that I acquired as nucs in February and early March that are already at 8-9 …
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I was surprised to get a text message from John McMullan, a sixth-year beekeeper in my inspection region, at 8 a.m. on a Sunday morning in mid-May. “Is there something wrong with my honey?” he asked. “What are these brown flecks — some sort of egg?” It was a beautiful sight to see! It was …
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I was relaxing on a friend’s second-floor balcony in the city of Issaquah, not a stone’s throw from Seattle. It was a mellow spring day, and as we chatted about recipes and interest rates, I noticed bees exploring her itsy-bitsy potted garden. Honey bees, bumble bees, sweat bees, and masons tumbled among the spring ephemerals …
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In the previous article, we encountered a colony, strong in the spring, whose population had decreased, until calamity finally struck in the summer. Slime began oozing from the hive entrance. Cryptically, small hive beetles had been destroying its unprotected combs, which most likely had resulted from long-term queenlessness. While not readily noticeable from the entrance, …
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Why don’t beekeepers make more of it? Why did extracted honey replace comb honey? If comb honey is thought to be more wholesome and artistic, over the passing years, why have bee equipment innovators gone to such extensive technological efforts to develop ways to remove honey from combs? I don’t know, but I have some …
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Agriculture is so dominant in some parts of the Midwest that you often see little else. For example, approximately 85% of Iowa’s land is currently used for agriculture, mostly corn and soybeans. If you’ve ever lived in Iowa or driven through the state, I’m sure you can picture the nearly endless fields of shimmering knee- …
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