Moving Day: Dr. Michael Bauer of Waupaca, Wisconsin, ties down a load of bees for transit in 2021. Kent Pegorsch took this photo while helping Michael gather outyards for a load going to Florida and ultimately to California almonds. This year for the first time, Kent’s bees went to winter storage in Idaho. From there, …
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Q QR codes are frustrating I do not have a smart phone. I live in a poor cell phone range area, so I use a landline phone. I found your QR codes frustrating. You say things like you can read more about it here. Then, you have a square with dots. Meaningless for me. You …
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Blue surrounds us from the depths of the oceans to the farthest reaches of the sky. Shades of blue shift and pulsate as clouds meander, sea floors fluctuate, and atmospheric particulates toy with the light. We’ve coined alluring words for these gradations of blue: sapphire, azure, ultramarine, cyan, indigo, and cobalt. And could anything sound …
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Tracheal mites may no longer be a serious concern for North American beekeepers, but they are causing havoc elsewhere. It isn’t often that problems go away in beekeeping. More typically, new challenges pile on top of the old in a stack that might make someone contemplate leaving the business. Tracheal mites (Acarapis woodi) are a …
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Do you remember last spring? Here we are, in the winter, 2023. Last spring is only a faint memory now. Remember those early warm days when the bees — and you — were busily producing and storing honey? While you and I were relishing future surplus honey crops, the bees, as early as last spring, …
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Winter can be a difficult time for bees. After fall management, the colonies, left alone, try to survive through the cold months while the beekeeper waits for survival news come spring. Through the winter, I keep watch on winter clusters with thermal cameras in the apiaries or study them in the bee house with observation …
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A Treasured Quilt I am reaching out to you on behalf of my late grandfather Robert Frey [who passed away October 1 at age 91]. We have a handmade quilt that was made for his 85th birthday by his daughter Karen. My grandmother Elene Frey requested that I email this to you, and would like …
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Most of our correspondents report fair to good conditions for colonies going into winter. While drought persisted out west through much of the year, late-season rainfall in some states allowed many of those colonies to recover. The elephant in the room is Hurricane Ian. Tens of thousands (possibly hundreds of thousands) of colonies were lost, …
Read MoreThe Honey Bee Health Coalition released an updated guide for beekeepers aiming to identify and mitigate foulbrood disease in their honey bee colonies. The new guide includes renewed diagnostic tools as well as updated guidance for both beekeepers and veterinarians on the judicious use of antibiotics to treat American and European Foulbrood. “American and European …
Read MoreWinter Reads: Book Reviews Tina Sebestyen, Kathryn Thompson and Roy Hendrickson – 31 Colony Confidential … What Really Goes on Inside the Hive Chapter 12: Itinerant Peter Keilty, with illustrations by Bridget White – 54 The Turn of the 20th Century Peter L Borst – 63 Commercial Beekeeping is Family Time Jody Wallace – 72 …
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