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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay

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The snow wars continue

February 1, 2014

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Hives in real snow

February 1, 2014

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Snow in Georgia

January 29, 2014

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How to use a quilt with a candy board

January 27, 2014

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Report from the 47th parallel

December 18, 2013

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Tea in the honey bee diet

November 18, 2013

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Whose honey is it?

October 24, 2013

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How to wrap a hive to overcome cold weather

October 21, 2013

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Autumn is a good time to combine hives, especially if some are weak.

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Winter is frightening: should I combine weak colonies...

October 16, 2013

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Granulated sugar can be fed to bees as crystals, syrup, or fondant.

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How to make fondant for bees from table sugar

January 11, 2013

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Too many bees for the middle of winter

January 9, 2013

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Syrup does not belong in a cold hive

January 6, 2013

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It’s winter and I’m tired of seeing dead...

January 3, 2013

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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.”

—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

The snow wars continue

Hives in real snow

Snow in Georgia

How to use a quilt with a candy board

Report from the 47th parallel

Tea in the honey bee diet

Whose honey is it?

How to wrap a hive to overcome cold weather

Winter is frightening: should I combine weak colonies...

How to make fondant for bees from table sugar

Too many bees for the middle of winter

Syrup does not belong in a cold hive

Opening your hive in winter

It’s winter and I’m tired of seeing dead...

December in the apiary

Count down till winter