Horsefly 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 …
Read MoreThe Bee Informed Partnership Tech Teams: Data-driven Answers to the Most Important Questions M.E.A. McNeil– 388 Beekeeper-funded Research: A Test of Thermal Treatment for Varroa, Part 2 Randy Oliver – 407 Handling Defensive Bees Dewey M. Caron – 421 Large-scale Beekeeping: How It Came About in the U.S. Peter L Borst – 427 Keeping Honey …
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Finally, spring! Eastern redbud trees (Cercis canadensis) bursting into color are a sure sign of the season in south central Missouri. Charlotte Wiggins took this photo last April, in her backyard in Rolla.
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Q Boardman feeders to supply water I have three hives in my back yard and I supply them with plain water via a front entrance Boardman feeder and a quart Mason jar filled with water (that I boil first and let cool) for each hive. When the jar is empty, and I take if off …
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A split is simply a division made by taking an existing colony and separating it into two or more parts. As elementary as that sounds, endless variations exist depending on the desired outcome. Splits can create more colonies, produce nucs, raise queens, prevent swarms, or control mites. An experienced beekeeper will often have a signature …
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A new high-throughput method to assess risk from pesticide co-exposures Honey bees are almost always exposed to pesticides. For example, in a recent survey of 198 beekeeper hives throughout New York, we found pesticides in comb wax from 197 of the hives (Wheeler et al. 2018). On average, wax from the hives contained 6 different …
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Haploid drones are mortally sensitive to environmental stress, but this could actually lead to stronger colonies Drones might look robust, with their wide bodies, large eyes, and powerful wing muscles. But despite their skookum appearance, they are shockingly sensitive to environmental stress. Compared to workers, they are more likely to die from exposure to disease, …
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Naturally-built queen cells, occurring from swarming or queen supersedure, can be used to rear new queens. When naturally-built queen cells are not available, or when we want them at certain times, we can use the Miller queen rearing method. Dr. C.C. Miller of Marengo, Illinois, devised this method of queen rearing (see Figure 1). He …
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Producing wax and constructing the honey comb is second nature to a worker bee. It’s also a necessity for the survival and productivity of the colony. The comb is the residential structure that allows the bees to cluster for thermoregulation. Comb is used for raising brood, curing nectar into honey, and storing honey and pollen. …
Read MoreBees on public lands, from a forester’s perspective Colonizing the Forest It sure felt good diving into my October issue of American Bee Journal after being gone for nearly 3 months on forest fire assignments across the west. As I relaxed into bee-nerdom, I was captured by Randy Oliver’s letter to the editor disagreeing with …
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