Q Varroa and robbing screens Do robbing/drifting screens help (or not) prevent Varroa transmission if you have them on every hive in your apiary and if so how much? I know you can prevent your bees from robbing out unprotected hives but is this a viable strategy to reduce the transmission rate of Varroa? Cliff …
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— University of California Davis, — May 5, 2020 It’s “ridiculous” to call the Asian giant hornet recently found in British Columbia and Washington state “the murder hornet,” says noted UC Davis wasp expert and researcher Lynn Kimsey, director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology and professor of entomology, UC Davis Department of Entomology and …
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Howdy folks! I am a beginning beekeeper from Georgetown, Kentucky and got this magazine from Dadant and Sons in Frankfort. A big shout out to Natasha to giving me a tour of the warehouse and giving great advice and a couple of freebies! The pastor of my church was instrumental in getting me started. Here’s …
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Our beekeeping lives continue to be affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. State and regional conferences have been mostly cancelled since about mid-March, and most local club meetings are either going online or not happening. Otherwise, we’ve been busier than ever. Honey sales at the local level are higher than ever in many places. In the …
Read MoreBeekeeping in the United States: The Coming Revolution Peter L. Borst – 757 Fool’s Gold? Mother Lode? Members of the California Master Beekeepers Program Meet Up with Scutellata’s Great-Grandchildren M.E.A. McNeil – 769 Refining the Mite Wash Part 1: Treatment threshold and solutions to use Randy Oliver – 781 Conserving Black Bees (Apis mellifera mellifera) in …
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Kelly Hall shot this photo at one of the small hobby outyards that she and her husband, Jeff (the primary beekeeper), maintain on the Kitsap Peninsula in western Washington state. The Cascade mountains are in the background as Jeff inspects the hives. This photo was shot in early April 2020.
Read MoreNew Hampshire Beekeepers Association Fall Meeting Saturday October 17, 2020 Location: Manchester Community College 1066 Front Street, Manchester, NH Keynote Speaker: Dr. Samuel Ramsey Talks: Varroa Mites True Diet Feeding on Honey Bees and A New Mite, A New Threat: Tropilaelaps Mercedesae. Time: 9 am – 3 pm (Lunch will be provided for a …
Read MoreThe USDA Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and Physiology Laboratory and the Louisiana State Beekeepers Association will hold the 24th Annual Field Day on Saturday, October 10, 2020. The event will be held at the laboratory, located at 1157 Ben Hur Rd, Baton Rouge LA 70820. This is near the intersection of Nicholson Drive (Hwy 30) …
Read More Email Questions to Jamie at classroom@americanbeejournal.com Follow my lab on social media: Facebook Twitter Instagram Q Record Keeping With all the lessons I’ve learned and with all the knowledge I’m soaking up from the UF/IFAS Master Beekeeping Program, how do I keep good records? I need to keep records of bloodlines, timing, problems, treatments, selective traits, etc. I keep …
Read MoreAHPA officials meet with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Congressional staff on new testing to prevent imported honey fraud April 20, American Honey Producers Association – Last month, two senior Customs and Border Protection officials provided details for its new program for stopping fraudulent honey imports to senior staff of the Senate Appropriations Committee …
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