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Propolis and the resin connection

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Bee love: sealed with a propolis kiss

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The link between honey bees and resin bees

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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay

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Why do brood combs turn black?

11 years ago

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How to remove propolis from your camera

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beekeeping equipment • English for beekeepers • honey bee behavior

Wednesday wordphile: bee space

12 years ago

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What is entombed pollen?

12 years ago

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comb honey production • English for beekeepers

Wednesday wordphile: travel stain

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Propolis is easy to remove in cold weather

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Autumn: the time for harvesting propolis

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Why honey bees collect propolis

13 years ago

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Nectar collection by honey bees

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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 - propolis

Propolis and the resin connection

Bee love: sealed with a propolis kiss

The link between honey bees and resin bees

Stickier than honey

Packin’ propolis

Why do brood combs turn black?

How to remove propolis from your camera

Wednesday wordphile: bee space

What is entombed pollen?

Wednesday wordphile: travel stain

Propolis is easy to remove in cold weather

Autumn: the time for harvesting propolis

More on painting bee hives

Why honey bees collect propolis

Nectar collection by honey bees