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Category - swarming

An airborne swarm of bees. Pixabay.
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Will tanging bring your bees to ground?

July 21, 2022
25 Comments
4 min read
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Swarm traps won’t cause your bees to swarm

April 3, 2021
13 Comments
4 min read
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An open-air colony in a pear tree doesn’t survive

June 29, 2020
19 Comments
4 min read
The backyard hive just after the first swarm left.
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Honey bees have their own agenda

May 28, 2020
37 Comments
7 min read
Honey bee colonies reproduce by swarming. Only healthy, vibrant colonies can swarm.
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Is frequent swarming disastrous for bees, or a miracle?

May 3, 2020
42 Comments
5 min read
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Although we worry, honey bees are built to last

May 19, 2019
24 Comments
5 min read
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Reasons why extra hive space may not reduce swarming

June 18, 2018
31 Comments
4 min read
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My swarm arrived 38 minutes late

June 7, 2017
54 Comments
6 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
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An early swarm becomes two

April 17, 2016
19 Comments
4 min read
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Instant replay

May 7, 2015
23 Comments
2 min read
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Home is the bee, home from the tree

May 2, 2015
26 Comments
3 min read
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A pair of early swarms

April 28, 2015
14 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
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A summer swarm

July 2, 2014
17 Comments
1 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
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Build it, and they will come

June 6, 2014
24 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
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A swarm for the records

June 1, 2014
13 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
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Swarm sequel

May 26, 2014
27 Comments
4 min read
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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

State Insects

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.

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!

Connecticut’s state insect is the European “praying” mantis. Although they are beneficial insects, they are not native to North America.

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