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Hive tapping is an easy way to estimate colony health. It doesn't harm the bees because noise is normal.
wintering

The winter hive: to tap or not to tap

December 11, 2019
46 Comments
5 min read
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For the best overwintering success, do one thing differently

April 26, 2018
57 Comments
6 min read
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Did your bees die of cold or starvation?

February 22, 2018
40 Comments
4 min read
A quick winter hive check can be as simple as just walking by and looking for anything unusual.
wintering

Overwintering honey bees: a guide to the fundamentals

October 6, 2017
95 Comments
11 min read
Hive-4-front
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Thermal imaging for beekeepers

December 18, 2016
26 Comments
7 min read
Can this dink turn around?
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Fall hive management: dealing with dinks

October 29, 2016
45 Comments
4 min read
queen-bee-on-comb-pixabay
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My hives have no brood! What should I do?

October 18, 2016
43 Comments
5 min read
hives in snow
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Don’t mind the cold: how to open a hive in winter

October 3, 2016
31 Comments
6 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
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IR and hive maintenance: what glows?

February 20, 2016
20 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
wintering

Thermal images of winter bees

February 14, 2016
16 Comments
4 min read
A quick winter hive check can be as simple as just walking by and looking for anything unusual.
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Winter hive check: how to help your bees thrive

December 20, 2015
77 Comments
6 min read
A top-bar-hive-in-winter. A to-do list for wintertime hive prep.
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Wintertime hive prep: a list of things to do

September 2, 2015
18 Comments
4 min read
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Dead bees in the snow

February 18, 2015
64 Comments
3 min read
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Spring in February

February 17, 2015
20 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
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Worried about my bees

October 21, 2014
31 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
wintering

Moisture quilts should be dry

October 14, 2014
24 Comments
4 min read
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Go to the bee, thou poet: consider her ways and be wise.

—George Bernard Shaw

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—William Longgood

Why Honey Bee is Two Words

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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