Measuring the Environment and Watching the Honey Flow
CO2, UV light, temperature and humidity all affect nectar production and quality by Carmine DeStefano The practice and art of beekeeping is a tremendously…
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CATCH THE BUZZ: Penn State: Neonic Use Increasing
The use of neonicotinoids increased dramatically in the mid-2000s and was driven almost entirely by the use of corn and soybean seeds treated with…
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Tree Hive Colonies
Increased Quantity Of Beneficial Fungi In Bee Bread From The Trees And Its Antifungal Propeties Against Chalkbrood by Lynn Royce, et al Summary: We…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ: Finding A New Home
How honey bees make house hunting decisions. Asian honey bees, and European honey bees are different. Here’s why. James Makinson (https://cosmosmagazine.com/james-makinson) is a biologist…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ: Honey Board Funds Bee Research
NHB Funds New Bee Research Projects For 2015 The National Honey Board has approved funding for ten new research projects focusing on honey bee…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ: Stressed Colonies And Too Young Foragers
Stressed Colonies Send Out Young Foragers That Don’t Return. Pressure on young bees to grow up too fast could be a major factor in…
Read MoreBeekeeping and Technology
Are we on the verge of a new technological revolution in beekeeping? by Ross Conrad Beekeeping technology took a huge jump between 1850 and…
Read MoreHive Tracks Part 2
An overview of the many helpful features. by James Wilkes Introduction Has this happened to you? You think it is about time to take a…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ: Safe, Innovative Mite Control
Codenamed ‘MiteNot’,this technology is a simple, compostable and pesticide-free way to sterilize Varroa destructor mites. Eltopia is in early stage development of a simple,…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Spring Cover Crops Good For Pollinators, Farmers
Enhancing Cropping System Sustainability Through New Crops and Management Strategies Using cash cover crops to provide pollinator provisions in the Upper Midwest Publication Date:…
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ARNIA: Using Remote Hive Monitoring Data
by Huw Evans The Benefits of Electronic Data Collection When compared with manual collection, electronic hive monitoring offers scientists a less intrusive means of…
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Hive Tracks
by James Wilkes Hive Tracks is beekeeping software created by beekeepers for beekeepers with the goal of improving the quality and experience of beekeeping…
Read MoreFrandsen Corporation Announces Strategic Acquisition of The Walter T. Kelley Company, LLC
North Branch, MN – August 22, 2014: The Frandsen Corporation (Frandsen) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a purchase agreement to…
Read MoreFeral Colonies…Good, or Bad?
Parasite Pressures on Feral Honey Bees. Feral Colonies Are Pathogen Reservoirs. A PlosOne Publication. Feral honey bee populations have been reported to be in…
Read MoreCooperation In Th Honey Bee Gut
Honey Bee Microbial Groups Work Together To Insure Honey Bee Health. BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The digestive tract of the world’s most important agricultural pollinator,…
Read MoreHoney Bee Microbial Groups Work Together To Insure Honey Bee Health.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The digestive tract of the world’s most important agricultural pollinator, the honey bee, is a complex fermenting tank that serves up…
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Some Bees Are Busy, Some Aren’t
Radio frequency ID tags on honey bees reveal hive dynamics CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists attached radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to hundreds of individual honey…
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Radio frequency ID tags on honey bees reveal hive dynamics
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists attached radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags to hundreds of individual honey bees and tracked them for several weeks. The effort yielded…
Read MoreEnough Good Food For Bees
Conservation agriculture project explores new ways to bolster bee habitat. Looking For A Few Good Beekeepers. West Lafayette, Ind. (June 4, 2014) — Bees…
Read MoreWinter Losses Too High
Yearly Survey Shows Better Results for Pollinators, but Losses Remain Significant; plus Fall Summit on Bee Nutrition and Forage; and check out the “Bee…
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