July 2024

The Department’s Plant Protection Division team has been hard at work – finding and swiftly eradicating 3 Yellow-legged hornet’s nests over a 24-hour period between Wednesday and Thursday of last week in the Savannah area. The PPD team was assisted by Pest Management Professionals from Yates Astro Termite & Pest Control and Herrington Tree Service. All nests were eradicated successfully…

The Alabama Extension beekeeping team presents the At Home Beekeeping Series. This online series promotes educational information for beekeepers. This gives beekeepers the chance to attend meetings from the comfort of one’s own home using a computer or mobile device. Each session includes updates on timely beekeeping topics as well as a question and answer session. Tuesday, July 30, 2024:…

Episode 174: Hygiene-Elicting Brood Semiochemicals as a Tool for Assaying Honey Bee Colony Resistance to Varroa In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on July 23, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome Dr. Kaira Wagoner—a research scientist with the Department of Biology at the University of North Carolina and Greensboro as well as the CEO…

Wind and water cause chemical pesticides to accumulate in bee-collected pollen and wax The United States is home to more than 4,000 types of bees. Those beneficial insects are responsible for successfully pollinating the crops that feed the world’s growing population. On the other hand, there are countless insects that attack, eat, and destroy those same plants. Agricultural producers often…

By: Zachary Lamas Varroa largely feed on developing drone brood and on adult bees when drones are seasonally plentiful inside of a honey bee colony. However, when drone productions slows or altogether ceases after the main flow, Varroa shift dramatically onto worker bees. This happens midsummer, just as beekeepers take time away from their colonies. Unfortunately, this is not a…