NEW WORLD CARNIOLAN PROGRAM TRANSITIONS INTO THE FUTURE, PARTNERING WITH STRACHAN APIARIES AND BUZZ’S BEES

Posted October 1, 2021

NEW WORLD CARNIOLAN PROGRAM TRANSITIONS INTO THE FUTURE, PARTNERING WITH STRACHAN APIARIES AND BUZZ’S BEES

The New World Carniolan (NWC) breeding program, founded in 1982, is heading into its 40th generation. Modeled on the Page-Laidlaw Closed Population Breeding concept, the program was modified to establish and maintain a Carniolan population to provide quality queens to the industry. The NWC was initiated at Vaca Valley Apiaries in California by Susan Cobey …

Posted October 1, 2021

TAGGED WITH TRACKER, ASIAN GIANT HORNET LEADS TO NEST IN WASHINGTON STATE

The Asian giant hornet can decimate entire hives of honeybees and deliver a painful sting to humans BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — Washington state agriculture workers have discovered their first Asian giant hornet nest of 2021. It was found Thursday morning north of Seattle near the Canadian border not far from where a resident saw a …

Posted October 1, 2021

Contents – October 2021

New Changes to the Oxalic Acid Label Randy Oliver – 1061 Book Reviews: Autumn Reads Tina Sebestyen, Craig Soderberg, Eugene Makovec – 1077 Sideliners Pool to Pollinate Almonds Mary and Bill Weaver – 1089 Yukon Honey Origins Study — Part 1 Etienne Tardif – 1099 A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs 2020 — Part …

Posted October 1, 2021

ABJ OCTOBER 2021 Cover

Honey, I’m home! Emily Skeels of Santa Rosa, California, took this photo several summers ago in Frenchtown, Montana.

Posted September 1, 2021

The Classroom – September 2021

Q Stubborn Bees I do approximately 100 or so removals each year. I have removed bees in some peculiar places. However, on this trap-out, the bees decided to thumb their nose at me and just move outside the trap (Figure 1). They will not quit! Two days later, after a good soaking rain, the bees …

Posted September 1, 2021

A Pathogenic Fungus Could Lead to a New Method of Varroa Control

Researchers at Washington State University aim to develop the biocontrol agent as a commercial product Deep in the Brazilian rainforest, if you look closely enough, you might find a gruesome scene: Like a sinister sewing pin, a fungal plume sprouts from an ant’s body. The ant, still hopelessly clinging to a leaf even after death, …

Posted September 1, 2021

Time to Control Mites

You have undoubtedly read or discussed or listened to (one or more) YouTubes on varroa mites — perhaps you have digested a great deal about mites? August and September represent our last best chance to obtain varroa mite control. High mite numbers can lead to high deformed wing virus (DWV) levels and sudden colony death. …

Posted September 1, 2021

It’s All About the Flowers

It wasn’t long ago that nearly all beekeepers came into the practice from some agrarian pursuit. These people were gardeners, farmers, orchardists, or dairymen who recognized the benefit of keeping honey bees. Later, others got into it because beekeeping was part of a treasured childhood. How often do you hear, “My father kept bees” or …

Posted September 1, 2021

How Tropilaelaps mites reduce foraging efficiency of adult honey bees

While the varroa mite is the most important and widespread pest of honey bees across the world, a different mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae, may be a bigger threat. Tropilaelaps (Photo 1) is smaller than varroa, has a faster reproductive rate, a shorter phoretic phase (i.e., the phase when mite is on adult bees and is most …

Posted September 1, 2021

Finding Queen Cells That are Almost Invisible

One of my big bee management jobs begins toward the end of the swarm season. I inspect all my colonies to make sure each one has a laying queen. Definitely by the end of June when our spring nectar flow is winding down, I need to be finishing with my queen inspections. Especially for colonies …

NEW WORLD CARNIOLAN PROGRAM TRANSITIONS INTO THE FUTURE, PARTNERING WITH STRACHAN APIARIES AND BUZZ’S BEES

Posted October 1, 2021