Our exquisite cover comes courtesy of Jamie Jackson of Brewton, Alabama. “I am an amateur photographer and enjoy taking photographs of my bees every chance I get. I took my camera out early to take advantage of the backlighting I could get from the sunrise, and took some photographs of my girls playing on the …
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Q Nest usurpation I recently stumbled across a honey bee behavior/characteristic that helps explain some unusual occurrences I have encountered in my apiary. The term for this behavior is usurpation, and more specifically usurpation swarms. The term, as I am sure you are aware, refers to the ability and intention of a bee swarm to …
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Research in workers shows that the heat-shock response is antiviral, which is giving us clues to how queens fight viruses too Maybe it’s because of their regal appearance. Maybe it’s their social buffer of young, healthy attendants. Maybe it’s their lack of obvious symptoms, the fact that they are (thankfully) repulsive to varroa, or that …
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When a beekeeper’s hive numbers increase, outgrowing the backyard, she finds that first out apiary. Growing more, another apiary is needed, later on a few more. Logistics become more of a problem: moving hives and supers among the apiaries, and having special equipment in an apiary for some surprise difficulty. At the heart of these …
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Since publishing a 432-page report on benefits of neonicotinoid insecticides to users and risk to pollinators (Grout et al. 2020; summarized in the September Notes from the Lab: 160(9):1019-1022), I often receive comments from beekeepers who say something like, “Neonics aren’t the problem, varroa is the problem.” And there’s a lot of truth in that …
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I seldom switch allegiance midstream, but I just did. I set out to write about the terroir of honey, but as I read stacks of material on artisanal crops, a nagging thought kept doubling back. In fact, the more I read, the naggier it became until I had no choice but to backtrack. Ultimately, I …
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I think about the advice we give people who want to start keeping honey bees. The most common suggestion that’s affordable with a low threshold of entry is the recommendation to take a class on beginning beekeeping. But I wonder if we give the impression that a class is a single event, a box to …
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APPRECIATION FROM A KANE FUND RECIPIENT Dear ABJ (Eugene Makovec), Greetings, fellow beekeeper! I am penning this letter to share a few things that a person like yourself might appreciate … ABJ gifted me with a one-year subscription compliments of the Kane Fund for Prison Beekeeping Education. This was after I wrote a brief …
Read MoreCork, Ireland and Sioux Falls, South Dakota – December 10,2020 – ApisProtect, a bee monitoring innovator, today announced the U.S. launch of its powerful commercial honey bee monitoring platform after extensive early successes. Revolutionizing in-hive sensing, ApisProtect gives beekeepers an easy way to monitor the condition of their colonies remotely in real-time so they can …
Read MoreTrue Source Certified® Honey Will Require Specific Authenticity Testing Washington, DC – December 14, 2020 – The True Source Honey program will enhance its standards starting Jan. 1, 2021 to better address honey authenticity. The updated standards will note that True Source Certified Honey, whether imported to North America or purchased directly from North American …
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