Q Miscellaneous questions I use Russian stock which gets replaced by nature with Russian queens mated with local stock of unknown genetics. I am working to requeen with Russian queens every third or fourth year. Question #1: I do my splits in April, when queens are available. I use frames of brood with queen cells …
Read MoreTreatments are Harmful to Bees I do not understand why people keep on treating bees with Formic Pro and Checkmite and other things that can hurt your queens. Just look at the picture of the person with gloves and a long sleeve shirt on page 865 in the August 2020 issue. If you need gloves …
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The year of COVID continues to make beekeepers’ lives interesting. Demand for local honey is greater than ever, as is appreciation for those who produce it. Supply houses have begun to gain ground, but still struggle to keep up with orders from a large and enthusiastic new crop of beekeepers. But with most state and …
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Omaha, Neb. – The Davidson Fellows Scholarship Program has announced its 2020 scholarship winners. Among the 20 honorees is 18-year-old Audrey Anderson of Omaha. Anderson won a $25,000 scholarship for her project, Resilin Distribution and Abundance in Apis mellifera Wing Joints across Biological Age Classes. Anderson’s research is the first to demonstrate a relationship between …
Read MoreAlmond growers have a lot of inputs to consider to produce their crop. They must balance the cost of labor, pest management, water, and bees for pollination. Those costs are not fixed year-after-year, especially renting the bees. The fact is the cost of colony rentals for pollination has steadily increased, and remained at a premium. …
Read MoreAlmond Pollination: When is the best time to remove hives? Elizabeth Frost – 1203 Fire Siege: Tragic losses for beekeepers M.E.A. McNeil – 1223 Mite Control While Honey is on the Hive, Part 1 Randy Oliver – 1231 Beekeeping in the United States: Samuel Wagner and the American Bee Journal Peter L Borst – 1241 …
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Joan Fox took our cover photo of a sow thistle in Tucson, Arizona. “I know bees and other pollinators love flowers with that simple wide-open shape,” she says. “You probably know sow thistle is a nutritious, edible dandelion family member. Yes, I eat the leaves in salads (arugula lettuce, black pepper, olive oil) — I …
Read More 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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