A Closer Look: Varroa Mite Orientation
Studies of Varroa destructor orientation to honey bees were undertaken to isolate discrete chemical compounds that elicit host-finding activity. by Clarence Collison Female Varroa…
Read MoreStudies of Varroa destructor orientation to honey bees were undertaken to isolate discrete chemical compounds that elicit host-finding activity. by Clarence Collison Female Varroa…
Read Moreby Ann Harman You have read his books: Honeybee Ecology (1985), The Wisdom of the Hive (1996), and Honeybee Democracy (2010). You have attended…
Read MoreA beekeeper in Oklahoma writes: In all of my years of beekeeping, it seems to me that when you introduce a new queen into…
Read MoreWhen honey bees walk across a surface, their feet often deposit an attractive, oily, colorless secretion that has a low volatility. This secretion has…
Read MoreState Pollinator Protector Plans Protecting Pollinators Takes Funding by Michele Colopy States are being encouraged to develop Pollinator Protection Plans. Whether it is state…
Read MoreJan Suszkiw, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service, A native Andrena bee species gathers nectar and pollen from a pear flower (Jim Cane, ARS)….
Read MoreA Dartmouth-led study finds that bumblebees infected with a common intestinal parasite are drawn to flowers whose nectar and pollen have a medicinal effect,…
Read MoreCHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A closer look at how honey bee colonies determine which larvae will serve as workers and which will become queens reveals…
Read MoreDavid Gilley & Corinna Thom Bees and beekeepers share many things including the incessant drive to find food and eat it, behavior referred to…
Read Moreby Eugene Makovec Remember that old movie, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”? Me either, but it had something to do with Jimmy Stewart going…
Read Moreby Marina Marchese Catching an international flight out of JFK is the last thing I wanted to do during an Ebola panic, it was…
Read Moreby Skylar Christensen “We are getting near,” said Gandalf. “We are on the edge of his bee-pastures.” It started in early May. A…
Read MoreLarge-scale organic farming operations, based on a review of almost a decade of data from 49 states, are not reducing greenhouse gas emissions, says…
Read MoreThe challenges facing the world’s bee populations will be front and centre as bee experts from across North America descend on the University of…
Read MoreUnless humans slow the destruction of Earth’s declining supply of plant life, civilization like it is now may become completely unsustainable, according to a…
Read MoreJames Cook University researchers are creating a buzz in bee research, gluing tiny transmitters to the backs of the insects for the first time….
Read Moreby Vaughn Bryant Pollen In Honey What is the best way to filter honey and not lose any of the pollen? I wish I…
Read Moreby Bee Culture Staff Join Bee Culture Magazine’s Exploration of the Four Pillars of Honey Bee Management in October, 2015 at the Bee Culture…
Read MoreWilliam Hesbach At a recent beekeeping meeting the question was asked if a split can be made to help control Varroa. The answer is…
Read Moreby Kaitlin Newcombe With Summer well underway, it is important to take proper precautions while working outside in the apiary. Full beesuits provide adequate…
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