Q Uncapped honey? In a perfect world, the frames of honey removed would be filled, capped and ready for the extractor; but at the end of the season, one gets partially capped frames. If the honey does not pass the refractometer test, how does one cure or age the honey and how long? Note — we …
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This series of queen introduction articles grew from time with observation hives, watching the fluctuation in the number of bees balling on the screen of the queen cages, and later on, even watching the queens and attendant bees inside the cages. Figure 1 shows a queen inside her introduction cage –– in the moment of …
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Most readers of this column probably know how important bees are for pollinating crops and contributing to global food production. For example, I’m sure everyone has heard that one out of three bites of food we eat is dependent on pollinating insects. But how often aren’t there enough bees to pollinate those delicious fruits and …
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Biosecurity is a set of preventative measures designed to reduce the risks of infectious disease transmission to and among livestock. It means doing everything you can to reduce the chances of an infectious disease being carried onto your farm/property by people, animals, equipment or vehicles. Biosecurity is a key part of raising livestock, and most …
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Why do people keep bees? These days, it seems that honey has nothing to do with it. “I don’t care about the honey,” they say with conviction. Instead, they cite a desire to pollinate their gardens or save the bees. Maybe that’s true for some. Others, I think, just want to look cool or intimidate …
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RAISED IN A BEE FAMILY Some kids are born with a silver spoon in their mouth, others are born with a hive tool in their hand. Mine are definitely the latter. We recently culled queen cells and left one out on our porch. Nate, my 4-year-old, found it and opened the queen cell to discover …
Read MoreIn recent years, the notion of an insect apocalypse has become a hot topic in the conservation science community and has captured the public’s attention. Scientists who warn that this catastrophe is unfolding assert that arthropods – a large category of invertebrates that includes insects – are rapidly declining, perhaps signaling a general collapse of …
Read MoreProgram only one in country with such a wide spectrum of training Scientists have long known two facts about the world’s bee population: Pollinating bees are vital contributors to healthy crops and a thriving ecosystem, and many bee species are under threat of extinction from pollution, disease and other factors. The University of Georgia College …
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BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, AUGUST 6, 2020–The first complete genome of the Asian giant hornet has been released by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. ARS has made the genome available to the research community in AgDataCommons and the National Center for Biotechnology Information, even before publishing the results in a scientific journal to make …
Read MoreAutumn Reads: Book reviews Carol Hrusovszky and Eugene Makovec – 1085 The Gold Rush and the Honey Bee Peter L Borst – 1097 Darwin, Design, and the Honey Bee, Part 2: The morality of the hive Piers J. Hale – 1103 Questing for the Wonder Bee, Part 2: The Hilo bee project M.E.A. McNeil – …
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