We’re still feeling the effects of last winter in much of the country. We’ve been saying for months that all the moisture in the ground portends a good honey crop. Unfortunately for some areas, moisture ON the ground portends crop failure — for both farm crops and honey. Northeast Things dried out in New Hampshire …
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I awoke to wind. In the faint moon glow, I could see a chain of poplars silhouetted against the sky, the upper branches tossing and thrashing. Individual trees synchronized into a chorus line, bending with the rhythm of each successive gust. The musky essence of sagebrush reminded me I wasn’t home. Each time I visit …
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If you don’t control varroa, you’re probably making wild bees sick and reducing overall pollinator health in your community. Do you know the Varroa levels in your colonies right now? If you’re like many beekeepers who I interact with, you don’t. And that’s surprising since varroa and its associated viruses are the major driver of …
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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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