Beekeeping, Biology, & Other Bugs
Earlier this year, Australia recorded its first case of flumethrin-resistant mites in northern New South Wales, and this same population later tested positive to amitraz
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Backyard Beekeeping, Bees & Biology
While researching how honey bees learn to forage I came across a paper titled “Beekeepers’ preferences for honeybee breeding goals: a French case study” and
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A honey bee colony’s immunity goes beyond combining the immune system of multiple individuals. When a hive exceeds the population threshold of “many bees nesting
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Insects lack an “adaptive” immune system. They don’t have the long-lived B- & T- cells that target specific pathogens and remember infections for future encounters.
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Backyard Beekeeping, Pests & Diseases
A strong hive was scheduled for Varroa management and we applied formic acid treatment. A rainy week followed and the bees could not leave the
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Broadly, experiments with bees as subjects are for assessing learning & memory, decision making, orientation and navigation, social behaviour, social communication, stress and motivation, motor-sensory
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Backyard Beekeeping, Bees & Biology
Honey bees are generalist foragers, meaning their diet consists of a variety of nutrients and microbials. Bees also feed one another trophallaxicaly (“mouth to mouth”),
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Bees are exposed to microplastics when foraging on contaminated nectar, pollen, water and plant resins. A “microplastic” is defined as a polymer particle with a
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Male drones are produced when a queen lays unfertilized eggs, whereas the female workers come from fertilized eggs. It’s not the presence of a sperm
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Backyard Beekeeping, Bees & Biology
Apis mellifera drones take 24 days to emerge from the cell. They spend the next 8-12 days maturing in preparation for mating with a virgin
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