June is a lovely time in Michigan. The nectar flow is coming on strong, the threat of frost is over, and we have survived another split and swarm season. After a long winter and demanding spring, the bees have settled in to make honey, and all is finally well in the bee world. Until … …
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And this could buffer against the effects of climate change Bumble bees are smart. They can master complex tasks like learning to roll a ball onto a target to get a sugar reward — a task similar, in principle, to using tools.1 They can even recognize objects in the dark, which they have previously only …
Read MoreOver-regulated in Indiana You can add Indiana to the group-think health department bureaucracy (From the Editor: “Local Honey and Public Safety,” June 2020). One of the consequences of these draconian rules is that they ruined the sale of honey at the State Fair. We used to have a beautiful and wonderful selection of honey from …
Read MoreIn celebration of National Pollinator Week in June, The GIANT Company announced it has completed a seven-acre pollinator-friendly solar field at its corporate headquarters at 1149 Harrisburg Pike in Carlisle, Pa. This initiative is the first of its kind for a grocery retailer and creates a synergistic environment which contributes both to clean energy and …
Read MoreThe Beekeeping Revolution: Langstroth and his hive Peter L. Borst – 859 How the fierce A.m. scutellata became gentle in Puerto Rico M.E.A. McNeil – 873 Refining the Mite Wash, Part 2: Mite release Randy Oliver – 885 Fascinating Wax Moths: Not your average cleanup crew Hans-Ulrich Thomas – 895 Hand crank extractor power conversion …
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Many a suburban homeowner expends time and money trying to eradicate clover from an otherwise perfectly-manicured lawn. But not the beekeeper, who knows that, while a variety of nectar sources contribute to a colony’s spring buildup, few crops fill the honey supers like clover. This photo was taken by John Witherspoon in Port Haywood, Virginia.
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The attendant bees accompany the queen during shipping. In this article we begin a detailed investigation of their effects during queen introduction. From a behavioral perspective, queen introduction involves confronting queenless bees with a foreign queen. In the presence of a foreign queen, workers typically display aggressive behaviors toward her. This aggression usually culminates in …
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As I write this, it’s peak apple bloom here in New York. All the big orchards in our Big Apple state are filled with pallets of hives and the bees are busily doing their thing. Since apples are worth ~$320 million/year in New York, and apple is also ~90% reliant on insect pollination to produce …
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CRISPR headlines make the news every day, served with a side order of alphabet soup that can make your head spin. To say the acronyms and initialisms are off-putting is an understatement. However, CRISPR technology is here to stay and it will change our lives forever, so a basic understanding is worth the effort. At …
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Beekeeping is best learned through hands-on experience under the guidance of a knowledgeable mentor. In an ideal world, an aspiring beekeeper would purchase only one piece of equipment their first year: a veil. They would then spend a season working with an experienced, local beekeeper, learning a system of management in real time — adding …
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