Q Queen questions Does the presence of a well mated, good laying queen delay maturation (mating/development) in a virgin queen? Is this perhaps why the mature queen usually leaves with a swarm prior to the virgin queen hatching? I have created multi-queen colonies using queens of various developmental ages. Each queen has a different medium …
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A series of beekeepers’ “best guesses” It’s a fact Yes, it’s a fact. Honey bees are perfectly capable of managing themselves. Yet here I am — offering advice to both new and experienced beekeepers on typical colony fall management protocols. Left to their decisions, honey bees would swarm more often, select much smaller nest domiciles …
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These clingy flies might not be as harmless as they seem As varroa pops up in ever more Australian apiaries, it is becoming increasingly likely that this time, the parasite will not be contained. Though previously famous for being one of the last places in the world untouched by varroa, Australia is quickly losing hope …
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A Slovenian-style apiary is a magical place where art, nature, beekeeping, and practicality coalesce into a pollinator haven. Overlooking Mount St. Helens in sleepy Onalaska, Washington, artist and entrepreneur Kay Crawford and her husband, Robbie, created an idyllic kingdom. Here, honey bees and dozens of native species commingle among acres of flowers and enjoy a …
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In the March 2022 issue of Notes from the Lab [162(3):325-327] I summarized a study from Marseille, France, which showed that when there were greater numbers of managed honey bees at a national park, native wild bees visited flowers from different plant species. One interpretation of the study is that honey bees outcompeted the wild …
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When I kept bees in the 1970s, 125 hives along the James River west from Richmond, Virginia in several apiaries for about 40 miles, the spring wildflower, mostly tulip poplar, made dark honey. A polariscope seemed exotic, and I did not know how it worked. I made honey by the ton, but demand was weak …
Read MoreUnited States Honey Bee Colony Losses 2021-2022: Preliminary Results show losses down from last year Note: This is a preliminary analysis. Sample sizes and estimates are likely to change. A more detailed final report is being prepared for publication in a peer-reviewed journal at a later date. The Bee Informed Partnership (http://beeinformed.org) has monitored managed …
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Invasive hornet found in more northerly range among related species in Asia Annapolis, MD; July 25, 2022 — The Entomological Society of America has adopted “northern giant hornet” for the species Vespa mandarinia in its Common Names of Insects and Related Organisms List. Vespa mandarinia is an invasive hornet native to Asia that has been …
Read MoreThe Honey Bee Health Coalition, working in partnership with Dr. Frank Rinkevich at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Lab in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is entering into the fourth year of a project to determine the extent of amitraz resistance in varroa mites (Varroa destructor) in managed honey bee …
Read MoreWhen the almond tree blooms, and more on drone cells Ecclesiastes 12:5 “… and the almond tree shall flourish …” As do most people I think, I look at the first blossoms of spring as the beginning of the cycle of nature. But this is not necessarily so or is not necessarily accurate. Phenology …
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