Why Not Manage Drone Cells? This letter is about drawing ideal worker combs. Have you ever wondered why bees draw drone cells in our 10-frame equipment where they chose? Some of it is phenology, but most may be how we manage the hives. Are communication gaps found in natural colonies? Or are they the product …
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Baton Rouge, La., April 7, 2022 — Pol-line honey bees, a type of Varroa mite resistant honey bee developed by the Agricultural Research Service, are [much more] likely to survive through the winter than standard honey bees, according to a study published in Scientific Reports at https://www. nature.com/articles/s41598-022-08643-w. Although ARS developed Pol-line bees in 2014, …
Read MoreInternational Honey Market Report Ron Phipps – 607 A Test of Smoker Fuels Jim Berndt – 627 Colony Confidential … What Really Goes on Inside the Hive Chapter 5: A Royal Audience Peter Keilty, with illustrations by Bridget White – 642 Walking the Walk — Selective Breeding for Mite Resistance; 2022 Update, Part 1 Randy …
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Our adorable cover this month comes from April DeLay of Silver Spring, Maryland. “I am in my second year of beekeeping and have two hives now. My daughter is 6 years old, and we took this photo today while she helped me with a hive check. She wanted to hold the bees because ‘they are …
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Q Do feed supplements work? Are the various diet supplements for bees (SuperDFM and the various products from Honey-B-Healthy) effective? Has research been done? I cannot find any studies online. Dave Smith Wisconsin, March A Before I answer, I want to make sure and elaborate a bit on what you are asking so that we …
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Building new frames in the winter, immersed in the pleasant scent of wax from the comb foundation, is when beekeeping renews itself for a new start come spring. On a larger industry level, comb foundation was a crucial invention needed by modern apiculture to abandon the old box hives with fixed combs and fully embrace …
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If you live east of the Rockies, chances are you live within a few miles of a soybean field. After corn, which covers 92.7 million acres in the United States, soybean fields cover the most land of any agricultural crop — 87.6 million acres. Soybean fields are a ubiquitous part of the landscapes that many …
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Roughly eighty-nine percent of flowering plants need animal assistance for ideal pollination. Oddly, about eight percent of those needy plants make the process as difficult as possible. This strange minority hides its pollen in protective capsules that keep most pollinators at bay. Eight percent may sound like a paltry number until you realize it’s about …
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New research shows that applying oxalic acid vapor in the brooding season is a preventative measure, at best — if you stick to the label rate Since its approval for use in Canada in 2005 and the U.S. in 2015, oxalic acid has become a standard method of varroa management. Though widely known to be …
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The behavior of swarming is probably one of the most dramatic occurrences in the life of a bee colony. And also, for the beekeeper. Wally Shaw, 34-year Welsh beekeeper in Anglesey, Wales, a retired research ecologist and author of numerous BeeCraft articles and a 200-page paperback “Swarming-Biology and Control,” echoes the sentiment of many: “There …
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