January 2024

BIRDS LEAD HUMANS TO HONEY By Mitch Leslie Yao honey hunter Seliano Rucunua holds a male honeyguide caught for research in the Niassa Special Reserve in Mozambique. CLAIRE SPOTTISWOODE When people in the Niassa Special Reserve of northern Mozambique hanker for something sweet, they don’t call DoorDash or Uber Eats. They call a bird. The aptly named honeyguide will lead…

Beekeeping Society at American University buzzes back to life The club partners with other student groups and the DC Beekeepers Alliance By Kathryn Squyres AU Beekeeping Society event teaches students about the honey extraction process  IZZY FANTINI/THE EAGLE Hidden away on the second floor of MGC, American University’s bee hives aren’t a well-known feature of campus. But Perry Heredia, a junior…

Advisory on the Applicability FIFRA and FFDCA for Substances used to Control Varroa Mites in Beehives EPA is issuing this advisory to clarify what pesticide products and active ingredients are registered under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to control varroa mites (Varroa destructor) in beehives, what tolerances or exemptions under Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) are…

Vermont Beekeepers Refute State Claims of Honey Bee Health With decades of effort toward raising public awareness on the plight of pollinators, we the beekeepers of Vermont are deeply concerned about recent communications from the Vermont Agency of Agriculture Food and Markets (VAAFM), and we would like to set the record straight. The VAAFM’s claim of record honey bee numbers in Vermont…

Mrs. Root in her teens Mrs. Susan Hall Root By: Nina Bagley Susan Hall was born in 1841 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. Her parents were Daniel and Mary Hall, both born in England. They had three children: Robert born in 1838, Susan born in 1841 and, after immigrating to America in 1848, Mary born in 1850. During 1815 and 1837,…

‘Inert’ co-formulants of a fungicide mediate acute effects on honey bee learning performance Nicole S. DesJardins, Jessalynn Macias, Daniela Soto Soto, Jon F. Harrison & Brian H. Smith Scientific Reports volume 13, Article number: 19458 (2023) Cite this article 2 Altmetric Metricsdetails Abstract Managed honey bees have experienced high rates of colony loss recently, with pesticide exposure as a major cause. While pesticides can be lethal at high…

Rolla Bee Club Sponsors Three 2024 Beginning Beekeeping Classes Rolla Bee Club will sponsor three beginning beekeeping classes in 2024. The educational, non-profit club will have two beginning beekeeping classes January 27 and February 24, 2024. These beginning beekeeping classes will cover the basics beginning beekeeper needs to consider before getting bees as well as beekeeping terminology, hive placement strategies,…