Communication Among The Bees
By: Peter Borst Like a lot of beekeepers, I have a pretty extensive collection of books about bees. They range all the way from the…
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WATER COLLECTION/HUMIDITY REGULATION Sometimes, however, a colony must collect pure water. A colony of honey bees needs water for several functions: to maintain body…
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A Closer Look- Impact of Nosema Disease
By: Clarence Collison IMPACT OFNOSEMA DISEASE ON PRODUCTIVE CASTES The biological impact of Nosema disease has mostly been associated with worker bees, whereas drones…
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Found in Translation
History Tends To Repeat Itself It can be easy to forget when working with honey bees that our human existence as their keepers pales…
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QUEEN PHEROMONE Queen pheromone is complex and is produced from multiple glands. Honey bee queens produce a sophisticated array of chemical signals (pheromones) that…
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By: Clarence Collison Proteinaceous Larval Jelly Royal jelly is a part of the diet of honey bee larvae and it plays a major role…
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Instinct vs. Intelligence
By: David Donnelly “The bee is the wisest and cleverest of all animals and the closest to man in intelligence.” These words were written…
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By Clarence Collison Queen Cells and Rearing Stimuli There are basically two types of queen cells – those made from a worker larva, and…
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TROPHALLAXIS Trophallactic interactions can frequently be seen non-randomly between all members of the colony. Trophallaxis, the transfer of food by mouth from one individual to another,…
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VIRAL DISEASE SUSPECTIBILITY AND TRANSMISSION Transmission among colonies is a central feature for the epidemiology of honey bee pathogens.. Honey bees are social insects living in…
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Worker Reproduction Reproductive workers are seldom seen in colonies with a laying queen. Honey bee workers are sexually undeveloped females and under normal hive…
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Queen Rearing Behaviors Conflict and cooperation during queen replacement. The production of new queens is a colony level process involving the coordinated activities of…
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By: Clarence Collison The Queen’s Court Usually eight or more worker attendants are present when a queen is stationary, but they tend to lose…
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By Clarence Collison POLLEN CONSUMPTION AND DIGESTION Protein (pollen) consumption is necessary for the glands to develop fully and to produce high quality protein-rich…
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Jay Evans
By: Jay Evans Studying The Weather Goes A Long Way In Knowing Colony Health Honey bee colonies, along with humans and the rest of…
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CLARENCE COLLISON: A Closer Look
By: Clarence Collison VARROA MITE POPULATION GROWTH A factor that might contribute to the growth of Varroa populations is the migration of mites into…
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PARASITE, PATHOGEN, PESTICIDE, POLLINATOR INTERACTIONS Honey bees are suffering from elevated colony losses in the northern hemisphere possibly because of a variety of emergent…
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Orientation Flights And Scouting Behavior By: Clarence Collison Honey bees take repeated orientation flights before becoming foragers at about three weeks of age (Winston 1987)….
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Varroa Mite Phoretic Phase By: Clarence Collison The Varroa mite life cycle consists of two distinct phases: a phoretic phase during which the females…
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Sperm Viability by- Clarence Collison The survival of a honey bee colony depends, in part, on the reproductive success of the queen, which in…
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