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apiary creatures

Squatters in the attic

June 4, 2015

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postmortems & mysteries

Update: the open-air colony in Maupin

February 9, 2015

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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay

postmortems & mysteries

Last thoughts on a lost colony

January 21, 2015

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postmortems & mysteries

CSI: colony postmortem

January 19, 2015

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feeding bees • how to

How to feed bees in freezing weather

January 17, 2015

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bee rescue

Wrapping a feral colony for winter

November 21, 2014

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wintering

How to make a removable bee cozy

October 7, 2014

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miscellaneous musings • writing and blogging

Logic-based beekeeping

September 24, 2014

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Fall management: How many bees is enough for successful wintering?

hive inspection • honey bee management • how to • wintering

Fall management of honey bee colonies

August 29, 2014

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A frame full of honey. How much honey do you need to leave for winter? Nancy McClure

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The remarkable amount of honey your bees need for...

August 19, 2014

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honey bee management • wintering

S(tuff) happens

February 10, 2014

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honey bee management • wintering

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.

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.

Tag - overwintering

Squatters in the attic

Colony postmortem #2

Dead bees in the snow

Spring in February

Update: the open-air colony in Maupin

Last thoughts on a lost colony

CSI: colony postmortem

How to feed bees in freezing weather

Wrapping a feral colony for winter

Moisture quilts should be dry

How to make a removable bee cozy

Logic-based beekeeping

Fall management of honey bee colonies

The remarkable amount of honey your bees need for...

S(tuff) happens

Hives with real quilts