HEALTHY HIVES RESEARCH INITIATIVE EXTENDED TO 2023 WITH ADDITIONAL $500,000 COMMITMENT

Posted February 1, 2021

HEALTHY HIVES RESEARCH INITIATIVE EXTENDED TO 2023 WITH ADDITIONAL $500,000 COMMITMENT

Pollinator Health Program to Focus on Beekeeper-Driven Projects ST. LOUIS (December 7, 2020) – Bayer and Project Apis m. today announced a three-year extension of Healthy Hives, an initiative dedicated to identifying tangible solutions to improve honey bee colony health in the U.S. The next iteration of the program includes an additional commitment of $500,000 …

Posted February 1, 2021

MICHIGAN BEEKEEPING CLUB DONATES HONEY TO HEALTHCARE HEROES

The holidays may be over, but the blessings in life continue. The Kalamazoo Bee Club is VERY blessed with an active, pollinator-supportive community. That giving spirit has extended to support for frontline workers at Kalamazoo’s two major hospitals. Thanks to the generosity of club members, 600 one-pound jars of honey were donated to these local …

Posted February 1, 2021

February 2021 Table of Contents

International Honey Market Report Ron Phipps – 141 Diversity: Vigor in the bee world M.E.A. McNeil – 169 Mite Control While Honey is on the Hive, Part 4 Randy Oliver – 185 Extended Release Oxalic Acid — Virginia field trial Soren Roberts and Randy Oliver – 195 A.I. Root and His ABCs Peter L Borst …

Posted February 1, 2021

February 2021 ABJ Cover

As you read this, over two-thirds of the nation’s managed honey bee colonies are either in, or on their way to, California’s Central Valley for the world’s largest single pollination event. Michael LaSpina of Lincoln, California, took this photo several years ago in the almond groves of Woodland.

Posted January 1, 2021

December 2020 ABJ Issue for Download

The ongoing pandemic continues to put a crimp in beekeeper education throughout the country. With that in mind, we are making the December issue of American Bee Journal available for all beekeepers to view on our website as a PDF. Please feel free to share it with local club members and online workshop attendees. You …

Posted January 1, 2021

The Classroom – January 2021

Q Mystery debris in the brood Do you know what these black specks are? Chris Oster Florida, October A Great pictures, Chris! These are wax moth feces. You sent a couple of pictures so let me explain what you see in both. In the first picture (Figure 1), …

Posted January 1, 2021

Squash Pollination

The spring flowers have withered away, typical for a late June dearth in Piedmont Virginia. As the heat of the summer begins to surge, the bee flight in my apiaries has waned from the zeal of the spring nectar flow. Now in the mornings, the bees begin collecting water to cool their hives. I know …

Posted January 1, 2021

Notes from the Lab – January 2021

If you overuse antibiotics on your bees, your colonies may fail due to inadequate gut microbes. Nowadays it seems like there’s a new paper published every week showing how a robust gut microbiome is critical to honey bee health. Last month, we highlighted a paper showing that gut microbes shape how workers smell, which determines …

Posted January 1, 2021

Mix

After fielding beekeeper questions for eleven years, I have a decent idea of what confuses beginners. When it comes to puzzlement, nothing generates more than sugar syrup. On my website, questions such as “How do I make sugar syrup?” outnumber “How do I control varroa mites?” about 2:1. And there it is, one of syrup’s …

Posted January 1, 2021

Goldilocks and Mid-winter Assessments

I started beekeeping in 1981 on the family farm in Glenville, Minnesota, following my graduation from Iowa State University in Ames. In the years that followed, my beekeeping aspirations morphed and materialized into various configurations as my circumstances and continuing education allowed. In 1993, my wife and I relocated to Jackson, Missouri, to accept a …

HEALTHY HIVES RESEARCH INITIATIVE EXTENDED TO 2023 WITH ADDITIONAL $500,000 COMMITMENT

Posted February 1, 2021