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Create an Artificial Swarm with a Taranov Split

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Honey Bee Suite turns seven!

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A Taranov in time

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Customize a beehive and make it your own

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Hives that fell into rot and ruin

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A toast to Taranov and his split

9 years ago

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The “tear ’em off” split

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The great divide: a Taranov split

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My spider queen

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How to prevent swarming with a Taranov board

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Regardless of dictionaries, we have in entomology a rule for insect common names that can be followed. It says: If the insect is what the name implies, write the two words separately; otherwise run them together. Thus we have such names as house fly, blow fly, and robber fly contrasted with dragonfly, caddicefly, and butterfly, because the latter are not flies, just as an aphislion is not a lion and a silverfish is not a fish. The honey bee is an insect and is preeminently a bee; “honeybee” is equivalent to “Johnsmith.”

—From Anatomy of the Honey Bee by Robert E. Snodgrass

The non-native European Honey Bee is the state insect of:

Arkansas
Georgia
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Jersey
North Carolina
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Not one native bee is a state insect. The closest relative of a North American native bee to make the list is the Tarantula Hawk Wasp, the state insect of New Mexico.

Update! Minnesota now has a state bee as well as a state insect. Bombus affinis, the Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee, has been so honored. Good work, Minnesota!

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Create an Artificial Swarm with a Taranov Split

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Taranov split in photos

Honey Bee Suite turns seven!

A Taranov in time

Customize a beehive and make it your own

Hives that fell into rot and ruin

A toast to Taranov and his split

The “tear ’em off” split

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The great divide: a Taranov split

My husband made me do it

My spider queen

How to prevent swarming with a Taranov board