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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Honey. Many of us will harvest honey in July. Honey is our reward for beekeeping. We look after and manage our colonies 24/7/52 hours/days/weeks of the year, with the expectation they will give us two weeks of surplus honey in return. One common concept of keeping bees is that colony populations increase with spring due …
Read MoreMaking Lemonade out of Lemons This letter was inspired by the great content in the May 2021 issue. While my brooding actually began with the article on the new EPA standards for oxalic acid, the actual motivation that solicited an initial (mental) response was aroused by Jamie Ellis’s suggestions in regards to fermented honey. This …
Read MoreIn October 1934 Thomas Cashman Sr. was the President of the Brown County Beekeepers Association. Fast forward to today and his son, Thomas Cashman Jr., is the Treasurer of the very same organization and celebrates his 50th anniversary as a member. The Brown County Beekeepers Association of Green Bay, WI was organized in 1918 and …
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Canadian Canola Growers Association & Canola Council of Canada media release Winnipeg, MB — March 31, 2021 — Earlier today, Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) released its final special review decision on clothianidin and thiamethoxam, two important seed treatments that farmers use to protect their emerging canola crops from early season pests. The final …
Read MoreSummer Reads: Book reviews Carol Hrusovszky, Tina Sebestyen, Eugene Makovec – 717 Honey Fraud: Closing in on the Cheaters M.E.A. McNeil – 727 Monitoring Honey Bee Colony Activities with a Temperature Sensor Grid — Part 4 Frank Linton, Anna Stumme, Brett Padula, Gail Ifshin, Gregory Behrmann – 733 A Queen is Born Peter Borst – …
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Closer inspection reveals a queen just below the entrance to this swarm trap, joining her subjects on their march into what the itinerant colony believes to be its new home. Just to the left of the entrance we see several workers, Nasonov glands exposed, fanning the universal homing scent to their siblings. Chris Long took …
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