In April I wrote about methods for swarm control. I’ve been giving a ‘live’ version of that article all over the country — talking to bee clubs through zoom to make sure beekeepers everywhere aren’t going to lose their valuable overwintered bees to the trees (or to their neighbor’s soffits). After every talk, the main …
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Spring splits: Michael Kelling of Brenham, Texas, took this photo while helping a commercial beekeeper split hives. Each double-deep colony was divided into a nuc (for sale) and two single deeps, with queen cells added to all three.
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Q Attracting Swarms My last colony moved out and I’m now beeless. I’ve got lots of hive bodies and I don’t want to chase swarms. Any advice on how I may attract swarms to move into my existing equipment? Bob Dye Missouri, February A Sorry to hear that you are beeless at the moment. I …
Read MoreNever Give Up I promised my step dad I would send this picture to you. His name is Harold Brown and he has H.B. Honey in Calipatria, California, in the Imperial Valley. He has been a beekeeper ever since he was a young teenager. He is now 78 and is still at it. He thought …
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With the arrival of spring, my thoughts turn to shipping bees –– from a century ago, give or take a decade, maybe two. Several years ago, I gave a brief historical beginning of the package bee industry in American Bee Journal, using my collection of old shipping packages as original artifacts, acquired after hunting them …
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A queen bee indulges in many strange behaviors, not the least of which is choosing the sex of her offspring. Of course, this surreal proclivity is shared throughout the Hymenoptera, a fact that doesn’t make it any less mysterious. But even more perplexing than the deciding is the implementing. How does the queen fulfill her …
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Fireweed offers a premium, late-season nectar flow for beekeepers who can handle its unpredictability In 1920, when Frederick Dundas Todd, British Columbia’s first provincial apiculturist, toured the remote valley near the village of Telkwa, he left with the awe of a prospector who had just struck gold. Telkwa is located in a sparsely populated region …
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As the Covid-19 pandemic turned life in the United States topsy-turvy, winter turned to spring and reminded us that the world does not stop turning for the bees and their keepers. We continue to be an integral part of agriculture and are thus deemed an “essential” industry, exempt from some “shelter in place” requirements. Thus, …
Read MoreBeginning in March 2020, EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs began hosting a series of public webinars highlighting ongoing work to promote pollinator health and habitat. These webinars seek to increase awareness of the evolving science on pollinator health, promote efforts to improve pollinator habitat, and engage stakeholders in addressing factors associated with declines in pollinator …
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