The active beekeeping season begins in our region of the Mid-Atlantic, in Piedmont Virginia, with the prominent bloom of the red maple (see Figure 1). Maple blooms, scattered through the leafless woods, brighten up the dismal gray in streaks of red. It is a welcomed sight where I have my rural apiaries. From thermal camera …
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The genealogy of honey bees in the United States. The Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, is not native to the United States. Most beekeepers know this. But do you know the genealogy of A. mellifera (hereafter, the “honey bee”) in the United States? In other words, do you know the full story of when honey …
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Long before I knew it had a name, I wrote about the Dunning-Kruger effect in beekeeping. In a blog post titled “I Was So Much Smarter Then,” I revealed the results of my one-sided, unscientific, and misguided study on the knowledge base of beekeepers as it correlates with the time they’ve been keeping bees. From …
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Temperature stress can damage the sperm stored in queens, but different queen packing strategies reduce this risk. It’s hard to imagine that by the time this issue arrives in your mailbox, it will be almost time to start making splits. Maybe past time, depending on your region. As I am writing this, it’s the middle …
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It was about 9:30 a.m. on a very promising day in the middle of May. The skies were sunny and clear with a rising barometer. My weather app promised temperatures in the mid-80s with high humidity and a slight westerly breeze. The table was set for a massive foraging day. I was in my windowless …
Read MoreInspired by another Michigan Beekeeper’s Club, The Saginaw Valley Beekeepers Association (SVBA) has completed its Honey donation to our healthcare heroes in our Tri County Area. Honey donations were made to four area hospitals as a way of honoring and recognizing the work of our Covid-19 front line workers. SVBA members donated over 540# of …
Read More“Honey bees! They’re everywhere.” That’s what Alice Roberts told her husband Matt Roberts while thinking of new flatware patterns for Sherrill Manufacturing brand Liberty Tabletop, in Sherrill, New York. Matt is the President and Co-Founder of the company and Alice is his “beautiful bride,” as he calls her, his wife of 33 years who also …
Read MoreBELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, February 18, 2021—An Agricultural Research Service entomologist has discovered that the Nosema ceranae parasite that causes major problems and death in honey bees works by hijacking its host’s iron for itself. Iron is as essential a micronutrient for honey bees as it is for people. Honey bees usually get enough to meet their …
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The American Beekeeping Federation is proud to announce that Jennifer Hinkel and Virginia Allen were selected as the 2021 American Honey Queen and Princess. Queen Jennifer is the 23-year-old daughter of Bill Hinkel of Franklin, WI. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing with a …
Read MoreHorsefly Traps and Bees I am writing to inform the beekeeping community about a situation that I did not know existed until a few weeks ago. In a conversation with a landowner adjacent to a property on which I wanted to locate a new out-yard, I was told that he owned horses and that his …
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