It is December, and you have completed your first, or another, year of beekeeping. Congratulations! A statistic frequently cited is that about 80% of the people who start beekeeping will quit. I can completely understand why this might be so. To the unsuspecting, it would seem like you could buy a colony and the equipment …
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Varroa isn’t the only mite that has jumped hosts to Western honey bees The video was nothing short of frightening. Tiny, brown, slender-bodied creatures were scurrying hither-dither on the rims of the comb, and they were scurrying fast. They were everywhere, and they had places to be. I listened, sitting in the audience at Apimondia, …
Read MoreQueens “Playing Possum” In answer to Horace Huse’s question in the October issue about a queen temporarily appearing dead as a result of handling, it’s actually not uncommon for the occasional queen to “play possum” when handled. She may appear to have suddenly and inexplicably died, but just give her a few minutes to recover …
Read MoreIn beekeeping life, “Fall” means that nectar flows come to an end, queens lay fewer eggs, winter bees are being reared and we have to (still) deal with Varroa mites. All this is happening for a reason: To get the bees ready for and successfully bring them through winter. (Hard to believe here in Alabama …
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BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, October 24, 2019—Deformed Wing Virus (DWV), one of the leading causes of honey bee colony losses, is much more genetically diverse in the United States than previously thought, according to a study published by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in PLoS Biology. The diverse lineages of this virus are all equally bad for …
Read MoreInternational Honey Market Ron Phipps – 1305 Black Box Beekeeping Peter L Borst – 1329 Extended Release Oxalic Acid Progress Report Randy Oliver – 1335 Breeding Bees: Old Sense Meets New Science M.E.A. McNeil – 1351 Bringing Apitherapy Into the Light Kristen Georgi – 1359 Nosema — The Causes of Dsyentery in Honey Bees Part …
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Winter came early to Cathy Misko’s backyard in Centerview, Missouri. Halloween Day, to be exact. The leaves were just turning, and mostly still on the trees, and yet there was that snow on the ground. Look closely at the center of the photo in the shade, and there also is Darlin,’ the family’s Australian Shepherd …
Read MoreSPRING CITY, Tenn. — More than 650,000 homes enjoy the 1,150 megawatts of milk and honey that flows from Watts Bar Nuclear plant and illuminates the bulbs above the kitchen table. But now, the Tennessee Valley Authority plant is helping pollinate Rhea County with a giant swarm of 25,000 honey bees that was rescued from …
Read MoreTUCSON, ARIZONA, September 18, 2019—A new tool from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) can predict the odds that honey bee colonies overwintered in cold storage will be large enough to rent for almond pollination in February. Identifying which colonies will not be worth spending dollars to overwinter can improve beekeepers’ bottom line. Beekeepers have been …
Read MoreLongmont, Colorado, September 9, 2019 – The National Honey Board (NHB) is pleased to announce its newest members and alternates, appointed by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. Secretary Purdue selects and appoints members to the NHB after reviewing all qualified nominations from certified national organizations. The following new appointees will serve three-year terms beginning …
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