When we think of bees, we usually think of social creatures. We often see drawings of bees circling a bulbous nest dangling from a tree. The bees look down at us and scowl or smile, depending on the artist’s worldview. In truth, bees have an enormous range of social behaviors. The eusocial (meaning truly social) …
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December is a good month to look back over the past year and see if our beekeeping objectives were met. How did your bees do? Did you try something new? Did you incorporate a new piece of equipment? Did you get any harvestable surplus or were harvest expectations exceeded? Now is a good time to …
Read MoreHymenoptera Our yards sounded with a buzz. The four winged creatures below And above. From ants to wasps And of course honey bees too. If you didn’t disturb them they would Not disturb you! With the Vernal Equinox the seasons changed Spring had sprung and the flowers were Blooming causing insects to …
Read MoreARS News Service Parlier, Calif., Oct. 18, 2021 — One day, Yorizane may be synonymous with almonds and California. So what is a Yorizane and what does it have to do with almonds? Yorizane is a new self-pollinating almond variety developed by USDA’s Agricultural Research Service with superb consumer traits such as size, color, …
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ARS News Service October 1, 2021, Baton Rouge, La. — Honey bees could be intentionally bred to thrive on plants that are already locally present or even solely on artificial diets, according to a recent USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study. ARS researchers found individual bees respond differently to the same diet and that …
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Leslie Madsen took our cover photo in June 2019 in Boulder, and gives the following description of this one-of-a-kind plant: “The Green Gentian/Elk Weed/Monument Plant (yes! three common names!) is an incredible wildflower native to the Rocky Mountains that grows in mountain foothills, open fields, even higher altitudes. The height of these plants is astonishing: …
Read MoreThe Honey Jar: More on that Treasure from the Pyramids Peter L Borst – 1305 COLOSS Virtual Meeting for 2021 Malcom T. Sanford – 1323 A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs 2020 — Part 6: Do We Need to Revise de Groot? Randy Oliver – 1331 Integrated Pest Management for Honey Bees Against Varroa …
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Q Odd Brood Nest For several years, I have noticed that my bees in the middle of summer (July and August) in North Florida split the brood nest, leaving the centermost frames brood-free, placing the brood on the two or three outermost frames on each side of the 10-frame box. Of course, the amount of brood …
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When studying honey bees, occasionally something happens that leads to new observations. Once I was mating queens in my observation hives. These colonies were in my bee house, a building holding 30 observation hives (see Figure 1). After the queens mated, I was planning to use these colonies in experiments on queen introduction later in …
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As I write this, it’s the beginning of fall in New York. Goldenrods and asters are filling the fields with brilliantly colorful flowers, honey bees and bumble bees are at their peak abundance, and the temperature is just right to get outside and enjoy it all. It’s the most beautiful time of year in my …
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