Tag: Jay Evans

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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! Tropilaelaps and Co. By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Much has been written about Tropilaelaps mites and their impacts on honey bees both in their native range and, following recent hops, in…

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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! Found in Translation Diverse Bouquets By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab (Click on photos to enlarge) I recently wrote about new work showing how honey bees recruit nestmates to different flower patches…

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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! Small Hive Beetles, Arrivals and Departures By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Much effort by beekeepers and scientists focuses on a few key challenges to honey bee health, from varroa and viruses…

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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! Thriving in a Chemical World By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Honey bees are susceptible to chemical stresses, especially those that target related pest insects. Consequently, much of the effort that goes…

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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! Flower Choices, From Bees to Colonies By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab This month provides plentiful and diverse flower sources for our bees in the Northern hemisphere, and your colonies are hopefully…

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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! Bite, or at Least Fight, the Mite By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Hope springs eternal and now is a good time for beekeepers to enact positive changes for the genetics of…

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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! When is it Time for a Comb-Over? By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab In December 2024, veteran beekeeper Bob Binnie gave the American Honey Producers Association an update on his learned belief…

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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! Some Don’t Like it Hot By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Despite a surprisingly long Summer and Fall, I am sure that by February we in the North will be hoping for…