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December 18, 2023

Bee Culture

An Interview with James Thompson

By: Barb Bloetscher Friends know James (Jim) Thompson as a beekeeper, EAS Master Beekeeper, Honey Judge, former Apiary Inspector, Chevy SSR (convertible truck with a super charged Corvette engine!), historian, cat lover, philatelist and collector of all things beekeeping, but they may not know his roots and how his star studded journey guided him to the knowledge he enjoys today.…
UOVBA News Bot
December 18, 2023
American Bee Journal

Make Every Holiday a Bee Holiday

A Regional Breakdown of How to Schedule Beekeeping Tasks Isn’t it hard to “slow down” these days? Of course it makes sense that beekeepers are as busy as bees. In my work as an apiary inspector, I find myself scheduling inspections with beekeepers further and further in advance of when we meet. We schedule inspections two and three months before…
UOVBA News Bot
December 18, 2023
American Bee Journal

A Promising New Antiviral Therapeutic for honey bees

Every beekeeper knows varroa is the greatest biological threat to honey bee colonies throughout the world. But in fact, this is only partially true. Varroa feeds on bee fat bodies, and because fat bodies are essential to the immune system of bees, feeding by varroa weakens bees’ immune response. At the same time, viruses such as deformed wing virus (DWV)…
UOVBA News Bot
December 18, 2023
American Bee Journal

Summer Swarms Abandoning Their Queens

Typically, we consider bees of a swarm to be very sensitive to the presence of their queen, even swarms occurring in the summer. A swarm flying off and abandoning its queen is counterintuitive. With that unsettling notion in mind, consider the three following case studies, along with photographic documentation, never published before.   Case 1: The first incident occurred on…
UOVBA News Bot
December 18, 2023
American Bee Journal

How To Control Small Hive Beetles In Your Apiary

Charlene, a beekeeper in Georgia, described the nightmare she discovered in her only hive. After a summer trip to Nashville, she returned to find foul-smelling honey reminiscent of acetone pooling on the varroa drawer. From there it had sluiced off the edges in viscous globs that rolled in the dirt and settled atop the soil like cocoa-dusted bonbons. Inside the…
UOVBA News Bot
December 18, 2023
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