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 …
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2020 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) today announced updates to the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP). These updates include changes required by the 2018 Farm Bill as well as discretionary changes intended to improve the administration of the program and clarify existing …
Read MoreComing to America: Honey Bees in the New World — Part 2 Peter L. Borst – 515 Re-evaluating Varroa Monitoring — Part 3 Randy Oliver – 525 Mind Your Own Beeswax: Let’s Talk About Synthetic Comb John Rintoul 531 Queen Rearing in Smaller Operations Tina Sebestyen – 533 Up on the Roof: Keeping Bees on …
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Happy Day Bees: Trent Wheeler took this photo last spring in Buckley, Washington. “I got this shot of my Italians having a happy day,” he says. “The blackberry flow was just getting into full swing.”
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Email Questions to Jamie at classroom@americanbeejournal.com Follow my lab on social media: Facebook Twitter Instagram Q The Crud What is the best course of action for crud as far as treating the colony and re-using the comb? Thank you Eric Joswig Florida, December A First, let me define the “crud” briefly for the reader. The crud is a …
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With the approach of spring, let’s examine some various aspects of comb construction, ending with an example of straight combs destroyed. My top-bar hives and frame hives will provide a wide selection of comb-building situations. Sometimes comb construction records a nectar flow. In Figure 1, we see a small piece of burr comb. Figure 2 …
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Varroa mites. Viruses. For the past several decades, beekeepers have sought to protect their colonies from these two ubiquitous threats that often come together. Not only do varroa mites weaken individual bees by feeding on their fat bodies, they also transmit diseases such as Deformed Wing Virus (DWV). As everyone reading this column knows, unfortunately …
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