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Overcome wintertime beekeeping worries with a good...

3 years ago
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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

3 years ago
46 Comments
bee biology

Why all your honey bee colonies are not the same

4 years ago
13 Comments
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For the best overwintering success, do one thing...

5 years ago
54 Comments
spring management

The worst thing about the spring equinox

5 years ago
45 Comments
wintering

Did your bees die of cold or starvation?

5 years ago
40 Comments
Honey bees flying in front of single deeps hi.ves. Single deeps have different management issues from larger hives.
honey bee management

Overwintering honey bees in single-deep hives

5 years ago
92 Comments
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

5 years ago
95 Comments
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honey bee management

Overwintering success: zero loss and healthy bees

6 years ago
86 Comments
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Northern beekeepers: beware the Ides of March

6 years ago
66 Comments
Can this dink turn around?
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Fall hive management: dealing with dinks

6 years ago
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My hives have no brood! What should I do?

6 years ago
43 Comments
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Don’t mind the cold: how to open a hive in winter

6 years ago
31 Comments
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

7 years ago
77 Comments
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

7 years ago
18 Comments
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The blaming of the shrew

7 years ago
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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.”

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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!

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