Disagrees with AHPA on Xerces overview of bees in National Forests I was surprised at Peter T. Jenkins’ review of the Xerces Society’s “An Overview of the Potential Impacts of Honey Bees to Native Bees, Plant Communities, and Ecosystems in Wild Landscapes: Recommendations for Land Mangers.” [See “Review and Critique of the Xerces Society’s Overview …
Read MoreATHENS, Ga., Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Dalan Animal Health, Inc., the leader in invertebrate health, today announced new experimental findings of their innovative bacterial vaccine’s potential to significantly reduce deformed wing virus variant B (DWV-B) in honey bee populations. Dalan made headlines in 2023 with the world’s first honey bee vaccine, which is conditionally …
Read MoreUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Winters can be tough on managed honey bee colonies, with beekeepers in the United States reporting that one-third of their colonies die each winter. A new study by Penn State researchers has found that using not one but multiple pest treatments may help bees make it to spring. The researchers found …
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2024 — American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is launching its inaugural Untreated Seed Pilot Program (USPP). The program offers funding on a per-acre basis to American growers and producers interested in sourcing and using corn, soybean, and cereal crop seeds not coated with neonicotinoid insecticides, also known as neonics. By reducing or eliminating the …
Read MoreA vaccine for Deformed Wing Virus? New vaccine for AFB may have wider benefits. Tina Sebestyen – 1175 A History of the Discoveries About the Sexuality of the Honey Bee – Part 1 Frédéric Eggers de Villepin – 1179 What’s Blooming in Your Neck of the Woods? November Ed Szymanski – 1199 Boisterous Buzz-runners Thomas …
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Elysian field: Our beautiful cover was painted by Alicia Moulton of Spring City, Utah, from a scene at a local lavender farm. “We placed some hives at the farm to teach a beekeeping workshop. Our ‘barn hive’ next to the historic style barn was a favorite for photographers that evening.”
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October is best described in a poem written by William Cullen Bryant called “The Death of the Flowers.” He describes days as melancholy and sad, meadows as brown and dead, and he writes an ode to flowers in their grave. The job of keeping honey bees alive is challenging. Feeding bees and treating for mites …
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Q: Peppermint for small hive beetles I just started using peppermint candy in my hives to combat small hive beetles (SHBs). It is too early to give my honest opinion. I see lots of beekeepers doing this. Some say it is also effective on mites. Can you give any thought on this? Wesley Bryant Alabama, …
Read MoreYesterday’s “Future” is today’s “Past” Readers, I hope you will be patient with me in this piece. I know that more practical topics are being discussed by accomplished writers elsewhere in this issue, but I am — as it were — wandering into the fog of abstract bees and theoretical beekeeping concepts. In this piece, …
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Everyone knows honey bees do all of the pollination for our pollination-dependent crops … right? Wrong. I’m guessing most people who read this column probably know there are also other insects that pollinate our crops. Perhaps some people know there are ~20,000 species of bees in the world, and ~4,000 species in North America, many …
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