Category: Jay Evans
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Tracking Tropi Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Jay Evans After millennia of infesting Asian honey bee colonies, Tropilaelaps mites discovered they could survive and thrive in colonies of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera. The most widespread…
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Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! USDA Disease Diagnostics By: Jay Evans This month celebrates some great American stories. For me, I am most proud to be part of a longstanding U.S. Department of Agriculture tradition of research and…
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Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Sting Theory By: Jay Evans Stings are part of beekeeping. They can be inopportune, leading to temporary but noticeable swelling of faces and hands. They can also be dangerous when inflicted on a…
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Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Breeding Back Viruses By: Jay Evans Spring! Great food coming in, bees that are becalmed by the mild temperatures, more daylight after work, a great time to be alive. For your beehives that…
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Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Your Honey’s Secrets By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Last month, I discussed DNA fingerprints left behind by bees and their associates as they crawl over hive surfaces. There are now many…
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Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! DNA Fingerprinting By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Long before your personal fingerprints became a tool to open computers, they were used to help solve crimes and other mysteries. Unique to all…
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Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Bee Genes: Stayin’ Alive By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Like master gardeners scouring seed catalogues, many beekeepers spend their Winters pondering honey bee genetics. Practically, this involves comparing tried-and-true versus new…
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Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! What’s in Your Bee Scene? By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Whether you consider your honey bees as an agricultural asset or something more like a pet, bees defy both of those…