THE BEE CORP EXPANDS VERIFLI’S USE IN BLUEBERRY POLLINATION PILOT

Posted November 1, 2021

THE BEE CORP EXPANDS VERIFLI’S USE IN BLUEBERRY POLLINATION PILOT

Exploring Hive Grading in Blueberry Industry INDIANAPOLIS, IND. September 8, 2021 — The Bee Corp recently announced a new series of pilot tests during blueberry pollination season, working with Michigan State University (MSU) entomology professors Rufus Isaacs and Meghan Milbrath, and graduate student Lauren Goldstein. The pilot project will examine the viability of using The …

Posted November 1, 2021

November 2021 Contents

International Honey Market Report Ron Phipps – 1177 Introduction of Bee Species to the Martian Ecology Michael Magnini – 1209 Stories of Beekeeping in San Diego Peter L Borst – 1219 How Karl von Frisch Deciphered the Waggle Dance Thomas D. Seeley – 1229 A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs 2020 — Part 5: …

November 2021 American Bee Journal Cover

Posted November 1, 2021

ABJ November 2021 Cover

Susan Holliday is an American hobby beekeeper living in Germany, who painted this lovely image last November of a honey bee and butterfly sharing a blossom. “I love painting the bees in various situations,” she says. “Thank heaven for English ivy plants at this time of year!“ Susan can be contacted at Susan@4holliday.de

Posted October 1, 2021

The Classroom – October 2021

Q Bubble Butt? This year, I have found what I call “Bubble Butt.” See attached photo [Figure 1 – the boxed bee]. I have seen one or two bees with a gelatinous attachment hanging off their abdomens. I do not think it is Nosema. This has occurred in my own apiary as well as the College of …

Posted October 1, 2021

Flowers for Bingham

Once long ago, before the standard bee smoker became so iconic, smudge pots or other creative contraptions were supposed to waft smoke over irritable bees after opening the hive. More often the beekeeper disappeared within an eye-blinding cloud of smoke. Corncobs aplenty littered the old country farms of the 1800s. Many a beekeeper-farmer made use …

Posted October 1, 2021

A glimpse into the architectural talents of honey bees

My kids love building with Legos. So much that I built them a giant Lego table that takes up about a quarter of our living room. On that table, I get to watch their architectural talents revealed, or perhaps improved is a better word, from one day to the next. Each time I open up …

Posted October 1, 2021

Hey Bee, Stick Out Your Tongue and Say “Ahh”

Maybe this was all a big mistake. Each time I research bee tongues, I find a cursory review, perhaps two or three paragraphs making the structures sound plain and spartan. So I set out to learn more, an unfortunate choice. I should have known there was a reason everyone avoids the subject. If you look …

Posted October 1, 2021

The Role of Master Beekeepers in Mentoring

Do you recall your first beginnings as a beekeeper? As we wind down the 2021 active bee season in much of the U.S. and complete fall activities, we have more of an opportunity to reflect on how and what we learned in beekeeping. The fall months are especially challenging with mites. Did your mentor, assuming …

Posted October 1, 2021

Demystifying Queen Stress

Surprising results from a pesticide and temperature stress field trial Everybody wants to lock eyes on a big, healthy queen when inspecting a hive — the kind that make you exclaim in admiration — but that isn’t always what we find. Some reports estimate that over 50% of queens are replaced within their first six …

Posted October 1, 2021

Letters to the Editor – October 2021

Queens Can Chew Out Corks I just read Tina Sebestyen’s article on caring for caged queens and it was very good. However, on the part about banking queens, I wish she had mentioned that bees can and will chew out corks. It doesn’t happen overnight but over a few days they can release the queen …

THE BEE CORP EXPANDS VERIFLI’S USE IN BLUEBERRY POLLINATION PILOT

Posted November 1, 2021