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Oxalic-acid

Oxalic acid approved for Varroa mites

6 years ago

2 min read

Monitoring mites with a sugar shake

6 years ago

5 min read

What is guanine?

7 years ago

2 min read

comb honey production • varroa mites

Comb honey: when to treat for mites

7 years ago

4 min read

Tips for using Stratiolaelaps scimitus

7 years ago

3 min read

Stratiolaelaps scimitus for Varroa control

7 years ago

3 min read

miscellaneous musings • varroa mites

The value of scientific inquiry

8 years ago

4 min read

Don’t miss the Varroa train

8 years ago

3 min read

Apivar vs ApiLife Var vs Apiguard

8 years ago

2 min read

Outwitting the mites

8 years ago

4 min read

Did mites kill my bees?

8 years ago

3 min read

diseases • parasites • varroa mites

Varroa mites feeding on a sick bee

8 years ago

2 min read

parasites • varroa mites

Hive humidity affects mite reproduction

8 years ago

2 min read

Mitekeeping for everyone

8 years ago

3 min read

beekeeping equipment • varroa mites

Mite management in large hives

9 years ago

5 min read

guest posts • varroa mites

A fight with the varroa mite in New Zealand

9 years ago

3 min read

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!