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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay

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Comb honey: Kelley squares

March 25, 2014

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Comb honey: Ross Rounds

March 21, 2014

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Foundation in a jar: Mason jar honey didn’t work well for me. I got some partial combs of honey, but the closed tops make it hard for bees to get rid of moisture. Also, the method I used required lots of foundation, which I don’t like. Rusty Burlew

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Comb honey in glass jars

February 25, 2014

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Comb honey: Hogg half-comb cassettes

February 16, 2014

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How to manage bees for section honey

January 5, 2014

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Comb honey: Bee-O-Pac system

December 5, 2010

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Clamshells: Fast-food clamshells work well for squares of comb honey. Customers like them because they can see all sides of the comb. Rusty Burlew

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Comb honey production part 1: The why of it

November 5, 2010

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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.