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What can be learned during varroa’s establishment in Australia?

What can be learned during varroa’s establishment in Australia? I just moved to Australia for a year-long sabbatical. (Yes, it’s a major perk of being an academic researcher!) Given my current location, it probably isn’t surprising that my email in-box is filled with people asking what I’ve learned so far about “the varroa situation.” If you don’t already know, until…
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November 20, 2023
American Bee Journal

The Classroom – November 2023

Q  Two quick questions  1)  In this extreme heat we are having, what is the best way to ventilate my beehive? 2)  What plants can I plant to have a continuous nectar flow? Is this even possible? James Walker Alabama, August A For your first question, I would worry less about ventilation and more about hive placement in full sun…
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November 20, 2023
American Bee Journal

The Classroom – October 2023

Q  Filtering cartridges I have a question about the filtering cartridges used with masks during the application of formic acid and the vaporization treatment with oxalic acid. When should they be changed? At what point does their effectiveness no longer provide the necessary protection? Marie-Hélène Majeau Québec, August A These are very important questions. All products administered to honey bee…
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October 23, 2023
American Bee Journal

European Foulbrood — A Tale of Two Treatments

Have you ever had European foulbrood? EFB, or Melissococcus plutonius, is commonly considered the lesser evil of the dreaded foulbroods we either manage for or hope never to catch. But in my day-to-day life as an apiary inspector, I declare EFB to be Public Bee-Enemy Number One. I frequently find it in apiaries far and wide. EFB is easy to…
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October 23, 2023
American Bee Journal

A Tropilaelaps Primer: What, When, and How Bad?

Global trade has spoiled us. We can buy anything from anywhere, and before we can say Acarapis woodi, the orders plop onto our front porches. And if we don’t like what arrives, we can send it back. International shopping is so effortless, we seldom think about it. Unfortunately, the part about sending it back doesn’t work well for invasive species…
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October 23, 2023