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Shaking larvae from their beds

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hive inspection • honey bee management • how to • wintering

Fall management of honey bees

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bee forage • honey bee behavior • how to

How to recognize a nectar dearth

7 years ago

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Multiple eggs require laying-worker remediation.from laying workers.

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How to fix a laying worker hive

8 years ago

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absconding • bee biology • how to

My bees left! How to prevent absconding

8 years ago

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feeding bees • how to • wintering

How to use a quilt with a candy board

8 years ago

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comb honey production • how to

How to super for section honey

8 years ago

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feeding bees • how to

The minimalist guide to winter feeding

8 years ago

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comb honey production • how to

How to manage bees for section honey

8 years ago

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bee stories • how to

How to get stung 22 times in one place

8 years ago

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guest posts • how to • wintering

How to wrap a bee hive for cold winters

8 years ago

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how to • wild bees and native bees

How to move a bumble bee nest

8 years ago

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attracting wild pollinators • how to • mason bees

How to make an awesome nesting block

8 years ago

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feeding bees • how to

How to feed crystallized honey

9 years ago

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A water feature for the bees

9 years ago

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how to • swarming

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!