With the heat of the summer comes increased trouble from small hive beetles in areas where they have become a problem, particularly in the Southeast. For new beekeepers, they need to know the life history of small hive beetles early on to avoid their destructive consequences. Let’s begin with identification. Small hive beetle eggs are …
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The City of Bee Cave’s inaugural Books and Bees Festival took place on April 30th, and was an instant success with children and adults alike. Pollinator education was the order of the day, with a live honey bee demonstration, beekeeping-themed games and wildflower giveaways providing fun and pollinator awareness in equal measure. The city would …
Read MoreBook Reviews: Summer Reads Carol Hrusovszky, Alison McAfee, Tina Sebestyen and M.E.A. McNeil – 729 Walking the Walk — Selective Breeding for Mite Resistance; 2022 Update, Part 2: Mite Resistance and Genetic Expression Randy Oliver – 755 Colony Confidential … What Really Goes on Inside the Hive Chapter 6: Family Tree Peter Keilty, with illustrations …
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Our cover this month comes courtesy of Trent Wheeler, of Buckley, Washington. “I planted an area of about 40×10 with a pollinator, wildflower mix in 2018. They are mostly bachelor buttons. The bachelor buttons came back the strongest” in 2019, but since that time “the California poppies have especially thrived. … The only thing …
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Q Ideal hive entrance size [Using a standard entrance reducer], I keep [my hive entrances] at the smallest entrance throughout the season to help in defense and to replicate natural bee tree openings (Figure 1). My teaching partner opens his hives to the maximum [size] to make it easier for foragers and to help …
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One of my main endeavors in reconstructing American apicultural history has been to find from long ago a beekeeper’s original equipment (a beehive, smoker, honey extractor, comb foundation mill, etc.) Concurrent with the equipment search, I am constantly hunting for old apicultural literature, particularly any explanatory literature published by the beekeepers who made any equipment …
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Honey bees and bumble bees are very different creatures, and we need more research on bumble bee biology to support threatened populations When two live bumble bee colonies showed up on my lab bench this spring, I wasn’t entirely sure what I was getting myself into. Having never worked with bumble bees before, aside …
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COVID has made me hypervigilant about the slightest tickle in my throat. But even in pre-COVID times, I and pretty much everyone I know had something they would take when they felt that tickle. Green tea, echinacea, garlic, cloves, perhaps a tincture of propolis? Each of these herbal remedies has something in common: They contain …
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The landscape of beekeeping is in flux. Ten years ago, beekeepers were folk heroes, the saviors of our food supply. But since the so-called insect apocalypse began shifting attention to other bees, beekeeping has come under attack. Some keepers are now feeling like pariahs, finding themselves being cross-questioned like criminals. The problem? Native bees. Recently, …
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Homeowners positively impact bees and pollinating insects. We are well aware that our urban bees need more and better food. But most homeowner lawns are largely deserts as they cultivate the “ideal” lush, green carpet meant to draw the admiration of neighbors. The ideal lawn is NOT the bee ideal. An informative Xerces Society 2018 …
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