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Should I feed pollen substitute to my bees?

9 years ago

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

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The minimalist guide to winter feeding

10 years ago

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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay

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Opening your hive in winter

11 years ago

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Will cream of tartar harm my honey bees?

13 years ago

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The secret of bee tea . . . remains a secret

13 years ago

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Candy board advice: know what happens in winter

13 years ago

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Freshly poured candy cakes made from sugar, water, and a few drops of anise oil.

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The best ways to feed honey bees during winter

13 years ago

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How to make candy boards (and candy cakes) for bees

13 years ago

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The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. This book started zillions of people on their path to beekeeping. If you haven't read it, you should.

QueenSpotting: Meet the Remarkable Queen Bee and Discover the Drama at the Heart of the Hive by Hilary Kearney. You have to be a scrooge not to love this book. It even includes 48 queenspotting challenges.

The Bees in Your Backyard by Wilson & Carril. If you have any interest at all in the "other bees," you need this book. These are the bees we need to save.

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 - winter feeding

Peek inside a feeder frame

Have beekeepers gone bananas?

How to feed syrup in winter

Should I feed pollen substitute to my bees?

The minimalist guide to winter feeding

Opening your hive in winter

Will cream of tartar harm my honey bees?

The secret of bee tea . . . remains a secret

Candy board advice: know what happens in winter

The best ways to feed honey bees during winter

How to make candy boards (and candy cakes) for bees