You’ve seen posters and read bumper stickers. You’ve watched news videos and opened colorful solicitations for money. Cries of “Save the bees!” and “Protect our pollinators!” are ubiquitous, having replaced pleas for pandas, whales, and spotted owls. But wait. How can you save a bee? The truth is, you can’t. Not really. If you catch …
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“Whether a colony survives the winter in good condition is determined more by its make-up than by the kind or amount of protection.” — Farrar, 19441 Beekeepers love to discuss winter hive protection — wrapping vs. insulation, upper entrances, quilt boxes or moisture boards, bee cozies, straw bales, and which way to turn the hole …
Read MoreFRESNO, Calif. – Those who struggle to put enough food on the table have a new place to turn thanks to a group of local beekeepers. In October, three Sioux Honey Association Co-op members took time away from their hives to install central California’s first documented Little Free Pantries. The co-op installed the first Little …
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Non-profit seeks donations to support its work on behalf of the nation’s beekeepers The Bee Informed Partnership is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to research and collect honey bee health surveillance data and make it available for all to use. We also work closely with a large number of commercial beekeepers across the …
Read MoreNosema — The Causes of Dysentery in Honey Bees Part 7b of a Series Randy Oliver – 45 From the Home Office: A Dadant History from the Beginning Gabe Dadant – 61 Working With Nature: Local Bees and the Best Way to Utilize Northern Queens Kirk Webster – 75 Taking Your Hobby to the Next …
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Snow blankets Christopher Proctor’s hives in rural Macon, Missouri. Tie-down straps provide insurance against winter winds, but outer protection is deemed unnecessary by most beekeepers in the lower Midwest.
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Old Southern bee journals are notoriously rare. Moon’s Bee World, published in Rome, Georgia, purely intrigued me from the first time I heard about it. Some decades later, I found just one year of the monthly journal, 1874, the second year of its publication. Artistically, the covers were ornately decorated (see Figure 1). In my …
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The California almond crop is worth $2.2 billion and is estimated to add an additional $21.5 billion to the economy via 104,000 jobs in production, processing, manufacturing, and marketing. Notably, this multibillion-dollar industry is more or less completely reliant on managed honey bees since pollination is required to produce almonds and there are almost no …
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Not long ago I received a mysterious-looking package in the mail, a small white box with lots of postage. Inside I found a plastic vial wrapped in sheets of newsprint from The Wichita Eagle. The vial was dressed in a yellow sticky note that read, “I found this honey bee on the porch of my …
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Q too much — or not enough Hi Jerry, One of our local beekeepers asked me the question below. I don’t know the answer so I am forwarding it to you for your expert advice/comment. We are located in Southeastern Pennsylvania. “I have noticed that my bees are coming in loaded with pollen, most of …
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