Due to significant demand among beekeepers, Dara Scott and the HiveAlive team created a ready to feed fondant patty that already has the correct dose of HiveAlive added as well as vitamins and amino acids key for honey bee health. The fondant patty is an easy-to-use solid sugar feed. It is put on top of …
Read MoreBELTSVILLE, Md., June 22, 2021 – Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have found that a component in almond nectar and pollen can reduce honey bee viruses and gut parasites, which are some of the leading threats to bee health and colonies. The study, published in the journal Insects, …
Read MoreHoney Bee Health Coalition Publishes Guide Documenting How Commercial Beekeepers Keep Healthy Hives without Consistent Use of Off-label Varroa Treatments DENVER, CO, Keystone Policy Center — Commercial beekeepers are finding success treating Varroa, a parasitic mite that kills honeybees, in their hives without relying exclusively on off-label chemical treatments, according to a guide published …
Read MoreUncapping Comb: Managing Beeswax on a Small Scale Mike Haney – 849 The Bee Informed Partnership: Exploding the Mite Bomb Myth and Further Adventures in Data Mining M.E.A. McNeil – 853 The Honey Bee Pest and Disease Survey: Over a Decade of Data Mary Reed – 859 A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs 2020 …
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Mmm … honey. Day laborers draw pristine wax cappings over fresh food stores, as scores of reflecting pools capture caricatures of an inquisitive beekeeper, each from its own unique perspective. The subject, Denise Roesler-Cunningham of Ballwin, Missouri, posted this image to Facebook, and we discovered it there.
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Q When not to merge bee colonies In a recent podcast [UF/IFAS: Two Bees in a Podcast], you discussed how bee colonies can be merged without newspaper. Is there a time when you should not just throw frames together? Howard Frysinger Pennsylvania, May A I combine colonies of all types, during all times of the …
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Since my lab currently conducts pesticide risk assessments for bees, I sometimes hear feedback along the lines of, “Scott, it seems like you’re always focusing on the problems instead of finding solutions.” While I’m certainly sympathetic to this criticism, I would argue we first need to understand if (or when) there’s a problem before coming …
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The destructive drama began this spring when I arrived at one of my more secluded apiaries. For reference, the apiary appeared as shown in Figure 1 a couple of years earlier when the apiary had only three two-foot long top-bar hives on two elevated hive stands. Figure 2 (left) shows the view from where I …
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This may be the last ABJ article I ever write. Why? I have a premonition that an article about English in a beekeeping journal won’t go over well with the readership. It might be a fireable offense, like writing about icing cupcakes in a wrestling rag. Nevertheless, I’m not easily deterred. Humans communicate through language. …
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Grooming is an important varroa-resistance trait, and new research might make it easier to select in breeding programs According to the Centers for Disease Control, every year over 400,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease — a serious illness, caused by bacteria transmitted by ticks. Tick season is in full swing, and there are few …
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