Ask Phil: June 2015
by Phil Craft A beekeeper in Kentucky writes: I make use of a feeding station for my bees. It is over 1000 feet from…
Read Moreby Phil Craft A beekeeper in Kentucky writes: I make use of a feeding station for my bees. It is over 1000 feet from…
Read Moreby Michael Magnini 1 The message was clearly seared into the flesh of my face and chest. With my left eye swollen shut, I…
Read Moreby Jennifer Berry Years ago, while still working on my graduate degree, I met Dr. Marion Ellis, a professor of Entomology at the University…
Read Moreby Wolfgang Ritter Until a few years ago the occurrence of diarrhoea and crawling bees in Spring was regarded as typical for Nosema infestation….
Read MoreThe Pollinator Stewardship Council by Michele Colopy In the May 2015 issue of this magazine, as part of the Honey Bee Health Coalition, an…
Read Moreby Tom Seeley & Ann Chilcott Anyone who observes a swarm of bees launch into flight and move off to its new home is…
Read Moreby Clarence Collison Individual honey bees of all ages and castes have developed mechanisms to limit the impacts of their pathogens. Insect social life…
Read MoreBurt’s Bees Mobilizes America’s Farms for Honey Bees Burt’s Bees, through its The Greater Good Foundation, joined forces with the Pollinator Partnership to launch…
Read MoreKim Kaplan, USDA WASHINGTON, May 13, 2015 — Losses of managed honey bee colonies were 23.1 percent for the 2014-2015 winter but summer losses…
Read MoreAlan Harman U.S. residents’ exposure to extreme heat could increase four- to six-fold by mid-century, due to both a warming climate and a population…
Read MoreResponse To The President’s Strategy To Promote Pollinator Health Released Today From Bee Culture’s Office… Earlier today the White House released its long awaited,…
Read MoreClemson University Taps Kelly Registration Systems to Prevent Honey Bee Colonies from Accidental Pesticide Exposure With Kelly Registration Systems, once beekeepers, farmers and pesticide…
Read MoreBee Friendly Flowers University of Michigan ANN ARBOR–The main job of pollen is to help seed the next generation of trees and plants, but…
Read MoreKathy Welsh, Hudson Valley News Gov. Cuomo announced that New York State will establish an interagency taskforce to develop a Pollinator Protection Plan to…
Read MoreDave Armstrong, Earthtimes. www.earthtimes.org Bumblebee genomes are less commercial than that of the honeybee, but have just proved to be remarkably similar. What does…
Read MoreVision and Change About 6 months ago, we launched the first step in an improved version of our website. Today we take another step…
Read MoreColony Count, Honey Production and Honey Prices Up In 2014 Released March 20, 2015, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board,…
Read MoreBy William Hesbach Leather, the mainstay fabric of early smokers, existed in an age of less disposable products making repair a common skill…
Read Moreby Ross Conrad Stewart and Cedar Anderson of Byron Bay, Australia have made history and are fast becoming legendary. The father and son team…
Read MoreThey say death and taxes are unavoidable. There is a third item that can be added to this list; physical changes whether due to…
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