Winter is a good time for beekeepers to learn patience. At first, we feel relieved that the bees are finally settled in and don’t need any of our time. Soon, though, we start wishing for a bee fix, and start worrying about our girls. We wonder if they might be struggling with the cold, and …
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Is Darwinian beekeeping compatible with industry? “Honey bees are the best beekeepers,” Dr. Tom Seeley softly declared to a captivated audience. The room was packed, shoulder-to-shoulder, and everyone was attentive. It was the final day of the Apimondia conference in Montreal, Canada, and Seeley held the last keynote address. “Everything they do has been shaped …
Read MoreHoliday Reads Carol Hrusovszky, Kris Fricke – 1209 World Beekeeping Awards: The Winners — and the Revelation Kristen Georgi – 1233 The Nosema Problem — Treatment – Part 6 of a Series Randy Oliver – 1243 Richard Taylor: The Metaphysical Beekeeper Ron Miksha – 1249 Remembering Liz Vaenoski Karen Nielsen Lorence – 1261 Traditional Beekeeping …
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Max Sheffield has been a keeper of bees for most of his adult life. And at 90, he is still perfecting his craft in the suburbs of Cincinnati. Jim Still-Pepper, of Still Light Images in Zanesville, Ohio, had the privilege of capturing his work as he inspected one of his hives.
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Q Wrong Use of Antibiotics Jerry, I read that you thought that treating for AFB with antibiotics a couple of times a year was not a good idea. I thought you would promote treatment for AFB before it becomes a problem, not after? So you have to have a vet charge about $40.00 to write …
Read MoreDAVIS–The late Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, and a global authority on bees, worked tirelessly to try to include Franklin’s bumble bee (Bombus franklini) as an endangered species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA). In fact, he and the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation petitioned the …
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Denise Attaway, College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences; Public Service and Agriculture CHARLESTON – A Clemson University graduate student has found adding a little color to watermelon fields can attract pollinators which can help improve quality and increase yields of one of South Carolina’s most important vegetable crops. Miriam “Mimi” Jenkins of Tampa, Florida, …
Read MoreDEAD QUEEN RESUSCITATED? On June 26, as my assistant Tom Facey and I were checking out a hive with a new queen, I found the young lady on a frame and picked her up to mark her. I put the green dot on her thorax, and was going to release her, when I noticed that …
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Naturally-built, well-constructed queen cells from good bee breeding stock can be a source of new queens in a beekeeping operation. To use these queen cells, beekeepers should know to how judge good queen cells from poor ones, how to cut queen cells from combs, how to transport queen cells between apiaries, and how to reattach …
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Whether we acknowledge it or not, all beekeepers are farmers who are responsible for keeping domestic animals (our bees) healthy and productive. If you have a couple colonies in your backyard, you may simply enjoy watching your bees and stealing a couple gallons of honey every now and then. If you’re a commercial beekeeper, you’re …
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