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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As the nation’s commercial pollinators prepare to move bees into California almonds, our cover photo brings a memory from the opposite coast, and from the heat of summer. Jason Deeringer, of Bee Serious LLC in Haines City, Florida, took this photo last July “in a cow pasture in Polk City. The bees had just come …
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Q Which cell type makes the better queen? In the September issue of The Classroom, you had a question about whether a swarm cell or supersedure cell may produce a better queen. The answer may be a swarm cell. See this manuscript for possible insight: Wei et al. 2019. A maternal effect on queen production …
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