In this article, we examine the intriguing details of two homemade bee smokers. In recent years, bee supply catalogs have grown thicker and heavier, from companies offering more equipment and specialty items. Catalog pages were once folded over, producing a thick (calendar) style fold as the spine of the catalog. Now bee suppliers publish catalogs …
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Yellow jacket wasps are more than just picnic crashers – they also raid beehives, killing off entire colonies. And climate change could be prodding the nest. “How do you tell the difference between a wasp and a bee?” The twelve-year-old girl looked up at me expectantly, proud to be asking me a question that her …
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Our main goal as beekeepers is to help the bees do what they want to do. This is a much more successful paradigm than trying to make the bees do what we want them to do. What the bees are doing right now is preparing for winter. Actually, that is what they have been doing …
Read MoreInternational Honey Market Report: Import Fraud and Adulteration Continue to Undermine the Honey Industry John Phipps – 981 Shelter Science: Overwintering Bees in Extreme Northern Conditions R Micheal Magnini – 1013 Nosemosis: Part 4 of a Series Randy Oliver – 1027 Development Project: Nicaragua Poverty, Unrest and Africanized Bees Kris Fricke – 1035 The Importance …
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Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is native to most of the continental United States, often occurring in wetlands or along streams, though it can be grown just about anywhere with not-too-dry soil and full sun or partial shade. It blooms for several weeks in summer and attracts a plethora of pollinators; you can see several tiny, unidentified …
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We see very little of what occurs in our apiaries. During hive inspections, we glimpse some of the inner workings of the colonies. Around our hives, we do not see much either. At night, we witness even less. All of my apiaries are at rural locations. Two apiaries are even by wildlife trails, upping the …
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Last year, the European Union (EU) banned outdoor use of several neonicotinoid insecticides due to the risk posed to wild and managed bees. Several Canadian provinces have also recently placed partial restrictions on neonicotinoids, and some U.S. states have partially restricted the use of neonicotinoids as part of their Pollinator Protection Plans. Because neonicotinoids are …
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What should you do when something comes between you and your honey bees? Perhaps something like a walker or wheelchair? Well, if you are creative and innovative, you might discover the perfect solution — one that works for you and pleases your bees. Master beekeeper Naomi Price of Prineville, Oregon did exactly that. Living with …
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A pupa is more than just a food source for varroa — it supplies the mite with vital hormones. And when the supply is cut off, the mite can no longer reproduce. Hormones control everything from our mood to our sex drive, sleep patterns, and hunger. Without these chemical messengers, our day-to-day lives would be …
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One of the most basic parts of beekeeping is figuring out how not to lose all your bees in one year. Beekeeping is hard. A couple of fun quotes from mentees sum it up well … “I’ve figured out the worst thing I can put in my hives … my hands”; and, “I haven’t discovered …
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