USDA INVESTS $5.7 MILLION IN POLLINATOR HEALTH

Posted December 1, 2024

USDA INVESTS $5.7 MILLION IN POLLINATOR HEALTH

June 5, 2024 – NIFA [the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture] has announced more than $5.7 million in funding for 10 projects as part of the Pollinator Health: Research and Application program. The program supports projects focused on promoting healthy populations of pollinators in agricultural systems where reliance on pollinators for pollination services is …

Posted December 1, 2024

BEES ABROAD LAUNCHES IN THE USA

Bees Abroad, a U.K.-based nonprofit specializing in overseas beekeeping, has officially launched in the United States. For over 25 years, Bees Abroad has empowered communities around the world through beekeeping, offering hands-on training in beekeeping techniques and related skills. Several factors led to the decision for Bees Abroad to launch in the U.S.; last year …

Posted December 1, 2024

Contents – December 2024

International Honey Market Report Ron Phipps – 1275 A History of the Discoveries About the Sexuality of the Honey Bee Frédéric Eggers e Villepin – 1297 News from the American Honey Producers Chris Hiatt – 1311 What’s Blooming in Your Neck of the Woods? December Ed Szymanski – 1319 The Yellow-legged Hornet: An Invasive Species …

American Bee Journal Cover December 2024

Posted December 1, 2024

ABJ DECEMBER 2024 COVER

Posted November 1, 2024

The Classroom – November 2024

Q: To treat or not to treat? On August 8, I did a mite wash on my hives, one of which had a mite count of 15. On August 10, I treated with Formic Pro and today, September 4, I did another mite wash on that hive. It had a mite count of 5, but …

Posted November 1, 2024

Notes from the Lab

Scott McArt’s column will return next month.

Posted November 1, 2024

One Hundred Years of Beekeeping Evolution

It’s our beekeeping time Because it is a nice, round number, I arbitrarily selected 100 years of beekeeping evolution as my discussion time period. I sense that by doing this I unintentionally implied that we are now at some kind of beekeeping pinnacle. Yes, we are at a pinnacle, but pinnacles come and pinnacles go. …

A bee hive placed in an area with lots of trees. There are a few othe hives in the background and one in the center foreground. The ground is covered with snow as are the ops of the hives and the trees are bare.

Posted November 1, 2024

Survival Strategies

There is a wealth of pleasure I have received from keeping bees, but I am also reminded every fall that if I procrastinate doing required beekeeping tasks there is a price to be paid for my neglect. Beekeepers throughout history have dealt with getting bees ready to survive the winter season. This year will be …

Posted November 1, 2024

Difficult to Identify: Historical Section Comb Honey Equipment (Here us a Useful Technique)

Most old beekeeping equipment suggests a connection to bees, even by members of the public with a meager knowledge of apiculture. Arguably, the most common case is the bee smoker. Even if a lay person calls it a “bee puffer,” the bee connection remains. Especially when some old bee artifact is sold on the internet, …

Posted November 1, 2024

We’ve Met the Enemy and She’s No Honey Bee

Think about human health for a moment. Compared to 1724, or even 1824, Americans live cushy lives. We inhabit modern homes, work sedentary jobs, and get little physical exercise. In addition, we breathe nanoplastic particles, eat ultra-processed foods, drink forever chemicals, and absorb digital signals daily. Yet many so-called health experts insist salt is the …

USDA INVESTS $5.7 MILLION IN POLLINATOR HEALTH

Posted December 1, 2024