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parasites • varroa mites

Of mites and men

9 years ago

5 min read

Of feral colonies and varroa mites

9 years ago

4 min read

rants • varroa mites

Hopping mad at HopGuard

9 years ago

5 min read

how to • varroa mites

Monitoring mites with a sticky board

9 years ago

3 min read

Faster than the speed of mite

9 years ago

4 min read

Small cells do not control Varroa mites

9 years ago

4 min read

honey bee management • varroa mites

HopGuard: first impressions

10 years ago

5 min read

Can powdered sugar control Varroa mites?

10 years ago

4 min read

A bit more about VSH

10 years ago

1 min read

English for beekeepers • varroa mites

Wednesday wordphile: hygienic behavioral disorder

10 years ago

2 min read

English for beekeepers • varroa mites

What is survivor stock?

10 years ago

2 min read

parasites • varroa mites

HopGuard section 18 approvals

10 years ago

1 min read

honey bee myths • varroa mites

Monday morning myth: small-cell foundation discourages Varroa mites

10 years ago

3 min read

English for beekeepers • varroa mites

Wednesday wordphile: phoresy

10 years ago

1 min read

diseases • varroa mites

HopGuard: the new Varroa pesticide

10 years ago

3 min read

Grease patties help control winter mites

11 years ago

4 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!