Honey Bee Speed: 100 Flowers Per Hour by 67steffen

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bee photos, photography

The typical honey bee (female forager) will visit 100 flowers in an hour’s time before returning to the hive to drop off collected pollen. The bee will repeat this process about ten times in a day. I like to say the honey bee travels at a speed of 100 FPH, even though it  beats it wings around 12,000 times per minute.

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Could Beekeeping Save the US Political System? by Married with Bees

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beekeepers, human nature, opinion, political

Beekeepers have some amazing qualities. Wouldn’t it be great if we could get our politicians to be more like beekeepers?

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DIY Beard Balm by Keeping Backyard Bees

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beard balm, beeswax, DIY, recipe

Beard balm is a leave-in conditioner that softens, moisturizes, and helps style your beard. The beeswax in beard balm offers a light to medium hold, but its main job is to seal in moisture. A well-made beard balm will also condition the skin, leaving it soft and moisturized. Beard balm is a thicker, more moisturizing product than beard oil.

Read full recipe for beard balm here: DIY Beard Balm — Keeping Backyard Bees

In Praise of Bees in Our Yards by Kingfisher Journey- Marina Richie

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honey bees, pollination, pollinator gardening

A burly bumblebee nose dives into the unfurling gold petals of a California poppy and vanishes. I lean ever closer until I’m a foot away. The bee spirals up and out, bearing pollen on her legs. Off she hums to the next flower, almost bumping into the honeybees plying the summer morning air.

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Life without fumagillin by Alison McAfee | Honey Bee Hub

The only registered treatment for Nosema disease is no longer commercially available. On April 12, 2018, Medivet Pharmaceuticals Ltd. – a company based out of High River, Alberta – announced that they were closing their doors. And shutting down Medivet means shutting down production of the world’s supply of fumagillin, in the form of their quick-dissolving product, Fumagilin-B.

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Types of bees by Fat Daddy’s Apiary

Apis mellifera honey bees are also known as “western honey bees” and “European honey bees”. It is considered that many of the “pure” bees aren’t totally pure due to interbreeding from other sub-species (races). This has come about in the last few hundred years because man has moved bees into areas they were previously excluded […]

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Alcohol wash to get a mite count in a beehive by Southeastern Indiana Beekeepers Association

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alcohol wash, assessment, bee health, beekeeping, chores, management, varroa destructor, varroa mites

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This is an excellent article on assessing mite counts in your beehives. Thanks to J.Morgan, Karen Ferguson and SIBA for …

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Honeybees, Wasps, or Yellowjackets? by sassafrasbeefarm

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beekeeping, management, pests

It’s that time of the year again when we get lots of calls to remove flying insects that are actually yellowjackets or wasps, and not honeybees.

Introducing Queens by Lytchett Bay Apiaries

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beekeeping, beekeeping management, queen introduction, queens

Whenever a new queen is introduced to the existing colony there is always a chance your worker bees will not accept her, and the result of this could be the death of your new queen – no matter which method of introduction you use.

The main things you need to be sure of when introducing a new queen, whether it be into a full colony or nucleus, is that you do not have a virgin queen or indeed a mated queen that has simply gone off lay in your colony. You need to ensure you have removed all queen cells or queen cups, shake the bees off the frames if necessary to find the queen cells they hide in the edges of the frames. Also ensure you do not have laying workers in your hive.

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Berry Honey Milkshake by BEEKeeping: Your First Three Years

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honey, honey recipe, strawberry

 

BERRY HONEY MILKSHAKE

You can use non-fat milk, ice cream or yogurt if you wish

• 1 pint vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt
• 2-1/2 cups strawberries
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup honey
• 4 small mint sprigs (optional)

In blender combine all ingredients except mint. Blend about 30 seconds until smooth and creamy. Serve immediately in tall chilled glasses. Garnish with mint sprigs if desired. Makes four servings.

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Over Wintering Nucs- A Better Way by Michael Palmer

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beekeeping, nucleus hives, winter beekeeing, winter management

I used to buy bees, lots and lots of bees; singles from South Carolina, nuclei from Florida and frames of brood from New York. I used to buy queens, lots and lots of queens; queens from Georgia, queens from Texas and queens from California. Every year it was the same. Pick up the pieces of my apiary in the Spring, send a big check to southern queen breeders, split up my best colonies, and hope I made enough of a honey crop to pay the bills. Some years I did, some years I did not.

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