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GENE KILLION AWARDED THE CARL AND EUGENE KILLION TROPHY

Posted August 1, 2019

GENE KILLION AWARDED THE CARL AND EUGENE KILLION TROPHY

The Illinois Department of Agriculture has officially renamed its Carl Killion Trophy as the Carl and Eugene Killion Trophy, making a ceremonial presentation to Gene Killion at its Springfield headquarters on June 26th. The award is given each year as the Illinois State Fair’s “Sweepstakes” trophy, to the top Open Class exhibitor in the Bee …

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BEES REQUIRED TO CREATE AN EXCELLENT BLUEBERRY CROP

Posted August 1, 2019

BEES REQUIRED TO CREATE AN EXCELLENT BLUEBERRY CROP

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, June 17, 2019—Getting an excellent rabbiteye blueberry harvest requires helpful pollinators—particularly native southeastern blueberry bees—although growers can bring in managed honey bees to do the job, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. This is especially true for commercial rabbiteye blueberry producers in Mississippi and Louisiana. With sufficient pollinators, they have been …

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Contents – August 2019

Posted August 1, 2019

Contents – August 2019

From the Home Office Gabe Dadant – 865 Pesticides in the News Randy Oliver – 875 The Agronomist: British Oilseed Rape Following the EU Neonic Ban Richard Rickitt – 885 Beekeeping With a Disability William L Blomstedt – 903 Beth’s Journey into Blindness While Tending Honey Bees Christopher J Stalder  – 915 The Seasonality and …

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August 2019

Posted August 1, 2019

August 2019

Infra-Red Dawn: Triggered by a curious chipmunk (not seen here), Wyatt Mangum’s game camera captures dawn in a top bar apiary. Defaulting to infrared in low-light conditions, the camera creates a dreamlike image reminiscent of a nineteenth-century daguerreotype. The original photo — starring the chipmunk — appears on page 898.

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EPA HOLDS PUBLIC MEETING ON REVISIONS TO DRAFT FRAMEWORK ON ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROCESS FOR PESTICIDES

Posted July 1, 2019

EPA HOLDS PUBLIC MEETING ON REVISIONS TO DRAFT FRAMEWORK ON ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROCESS FOR PESTICIDES

Revisions respond to 2018 Farm Bill requirements to streamline and improve the process the agency follows to review the impacts pesticides have on endangered species WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking comment on draft revisions to the framework used to evaluate the impacts pesticides have on endangered species under the …

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WASHINGTON STATE BEEKEEPERS NOW PROTECTED FROM CIVIL LIABILITY

Washington State Beekeepers protected from civil liability
Posted July 1, 2019

WASHINGTON STATE BEEKEEPERS NOW PROTECTED FROM CIVIL LIABILITY

May 7, 2019, Olympia, WA: Today Governor Jay Inslee signed into law a bill which grants liability protection to beekeepers. House Bill 1133 passed the House by a vote of 96-0 and passed the Senate by a vote of 47-1. The new law grants protection from civil liability to beekeepers who register with the state …

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Letters to the Editor – July 2019

honey bee purple pollen
Posted July 1, 2019

Letters to the Editor – July 2019

Purple Pollen One of my girls came home with purple pollen. We have wild artichoke all over our property and the bees love it. Sincerely, Juli Tafoya Dripping Springs, Texas How Dominant Are We? Kirk Webster writes: “We dominate the landscape more completely than any other living thing has ever done in the history of …

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A Swarm Call Leading to Something New

honey bee swarm
Posted July 1, 2019

A Swarm Call Leading to Something New

After a long day of teaching, Suzanne and I finally arrived home. As usual, she checked the answering machine while I scampered away. Hearing her calling me, and hearing something about a swarm, a sensitive word in the spring, I knew my workday was not over. Replaying the message, it seemed like the bees were …

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A roadmap for how to minimize pesticide risk to bees

Dr. Doug Sponsler
Posted July 1, 2019

A roadmap for how to minimize pesticide risk to bees

Every three years, many of the main players who are working to understand and improve pollinator health get together at the International Conference on Pollinator Biology Health and Policy (also called the “International Pollinator Conference”). This year’s conference is from July 17-20 at the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center (https://honey.ucdavis.edu/pollinatorconference2019) and the theme is …

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Immigrant Bees that Colonized North America

honey bee apis melifera
Posted July 1, 2019

Immigrant Bees that Colonized North America

While humans were busy squabbling over the border between the United States and Mexico, a tiny black immigrant bee was discreetly homesteading in California. A new sighting of a Central American native bee, a member of the genus Plebeia, was recently reported in a genteel area of Palo Alto, some 500 miles to the north …

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