UF/IFAS Honey Bee Lab Annual Survey – 2024
Greetings Beekeepers, Bee College Graduates, and Bee Enthusiasts! Want to help bees and beekeepers? Your input is our “royal jelly“! Just a few…
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UF Two Bees in a Podcast
UF Two Bees in a Podcast The episodes below are new since our last post! Each episode is listed below with their short descriptions….
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Apimondia Scandinavia 2025
Beekeepers, scientists and interested parties from across the globe will assemble in Copenhagen, Denmark in September of 2025 for the 49th Congress of Apimondia….
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Honey Recipe
Christmas Nut Horns Granny Ruth Ingredients Dough: □ 1 package of dry yeast □ ½ pint sour cream □ 3 egg yolks □ 1…
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Tropilaelaps Mites Resources
These resources can help you learn about and identify Tropilaelaps. While it is not thought to be in North America yet; beekeepers can work…
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeks public comment on proposed critical habitat for rusty patched bumble bee
Media Contacts Melissa Clark Once common across much of the eastern and upper midwestern U.S., populations have declined due to habitat loss, pesticide use,…
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Extension Specialist Cesar Rodriguez-Saona Awarded USDA Grant for Integrated Pest Management of Blueberry
by Office of Public Outreach and Communication Extension Specialist Cesar Rodriguez-Saona Awarded USDA Grant for Integrated Pest Management of Blueberry Honeybee pollinating blueberries. Photo courtesy…
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Academy Hive Has Cadets Looking Out for Them
By Randy Roughton U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Each season offers a new priority for the U.S. Air…
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New Marketing Assistance Now Available for Specialty Crop Producers
USDA Makes $2 Billion Available to Support Expansion of Current and Development of New Markets The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency’s…
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Fewer Bees and Other Pollinating Insects Lead to Shrinking Crops
This article was originally published in The Conversation By: Rachel Mallinger Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees,…
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Beekeeping Conference Returns to Central Wisconsin
The event will feature some of the most prominent speakers in the country. WAUSAU WISCONSIN – The Central Wisconsin Beekeepers Association (CWBA), in partnership with…
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Monarch Butterfly and Other Insect Pollinators to Benefit from $5.2 Million in Conservation Grants from NFWF
Seventeen projects will increase pollinator habitat and boost conservation efforts WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 20, 2024) – The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced…
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Insights into the Nutritional Value of Honeybee Drone Larvae (Apis mellifera) Through Proteomic Profiling
Article Open access Published: 19 November 2024 Eliza Matuszewska-Mach, Kacper Packi, Natalia Rzetecka, Wojciech Wieliński, Zenon J. Kokot, Dariusz Kowalczyk & Jan Matysiak Scientific Reports volume 14, Article number: 28562 (2024) Cite this article Metrics Abstract There is…
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Humor in the Hive | Disastrous Decisions
Attention All Beekeepers! One of our authors Ed Simon is searching for individual anecdotes of both funny beekeeping stories and disastrous decisions. Every beekeeper…
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The Crystal Ball: Giant Honeybees Who Predict the Future-Radiolab for Kids
From Radiolab for Kids Hosted By: Lulu Miller https://radiolab.org/team/lulu-miller Entomologist: Dr. Sammy Ramsey https://www.drsammy.online/about We’ve all heard of colony collapse. So many crops are…
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Career Change and Honey Bees
By: David Burns I want to share my story about how honey bees created a career change and total life change for me…for the…
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Plants That Can Heat Up Have Been a Key Driver of Pollinator Evolution | Technology Networks
A Review from the Editor, Jerry Hayes: I am shared lots of information on lots of topics, subjects and research everyday. This one got…
Read MorePutting the bee girls to bed
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign By: Lesley Deem | Program Manager, Entomology Department Pollinatarium Putting the bee girls to bed | Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill….
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National Survey Indicates Highest Bee Colony Losses in 14 Years
AUBURN, Ala. – The annual U.S. Beekeeping Survey, results of which will be released Thursday, Dec. 5, at noon CST, indicates the highest colony…
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Bee Culture Audio Snippet
Here’s an audio snippet from an article in our most recent edition of Bee Culture Magazine. Like what you hear? Subscribe today! Just go…
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