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The winter hive: to tap or not to tap

2 years ago

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Overwintering success: the one thing I do differently

3 years ago

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Did your bees die of cold or starvation?

4 years ago

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The ultimate guide to overwintering success

4 years ago

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Thermal imaging for beekeepers

5 years ago

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Fall hive management: dealing with dinks

5 years ago

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My hives have no brood! What should I do?

5 years ago

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When is it too cold to open a hive?

5 years ago

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IR and hive maintenance: what glows?

6 years ago

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Thermal images of winter bees

6 years ago

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Winter hive check: what to look for

6 years ago

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A checklist for wintertime hive prep

6 years ago

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Dead bees in the snow

7 years ago

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Spring in February

7 years ago

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Worried about my bees

7 years ago

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3 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

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!