Spring is the most dangerous time of year for honey bees. They typically begin brood rearing at about the winter solstice, and thus need to keep the brood chamber warmer for the babies, besides producing all those extra mouths to feed. This is when they really begin to use up their honey stores more rapidly. …
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Battered and beaten, these old hive boxes have been set aside in favor of newer, stronger wood. Like the creased visages of old men, their weather-worn faces are a testament to years of service, housing and protecting the vibrant yet fragile organism that is the honey bee colony. Many of these boxes are destined for …
Read MoreBeekeeping Basics: The Winter Check Tina Sebestyen – 157 Gregor Mendel the Beekeeper Norman L. Carreck – 167 Treatment-free Beekeeping: A Practical Hands-On Approach — Part 2 Terry Combs – 173 Building a Small Bee Trailer William Blomstedt – 177 Beekeeping in an Era of Mosquito Control for Zika Virus and West Nile Virus David E. Arnal – 183 The Pesticide Situation …
Read MoreSue Hubbell When I first kept bees, about 30 years ago, the bee inspector of my county loaned me a paperback copy of Sue’s “A Book of Bees and How to Keep Them.” Later a friend gave me a hardback copy of the first edition of the book which I have treasured. Her ability to …
Read MoreSt. Louis, Missouri – ApisProtect had its principal executives in St. Louis on October 18th to begin the USA science validation phase of its previous published work in the use of IoT technology and machine learning for the improvement of honeybee health. The rollout in St. Louis will involve 24/7 monitoring of 15 honeybee hives …
Read MoreBy Patrick Cavanaugh, Editor, California Ag Today There’s a mandate set in place by the state of California to help the bee industry safe from pesticide spraying. Ethan Rasmussen with Rasmussen Farms and a beekeeper in the Gustine area of Merced County discussed it with California Ag Today recently. The Bee Where program mandates beekeepers …
Read MoreCo-op’s Campaign To Feature Local Beekeepers SIOUX CITY, IOWA – Sioux Honey Association Co-op wants Americans to know who their honey comes from. That aim is the basis of a national campaign launched in December which features the faces and stories of local beekeepers across the country. “It’s not just where your honey comes from …
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Hive Survives the California Camp Fire On Thursday morning November the 8th, we woke up to the beginning of the Camp Fire. Within a very short time, maybe less than an hour, we had to evacuate our home with all the pets we could gather and the clothes on our back. Sadly, we had to …
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For my thermal photography work, I had mostly concentrated on top-bar hives. Now I wanted to extend this new way of seeing to frame hives. For this work, I used five packages. I faced most all the current difficulties with packages, beginning with the expense, $729 including shipping. Three new colonies had queen problems, resulting …
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This month’s “Notes from the Lab” is a bit different than usual. Because the focus of the January issue of ABJ is on pesticides, we’re going to highlight a topic rather than a single recent study. And whether you know it or not, it’s the topic that’s causing much of the “controversy” surrounding pesticides lately. …
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