AgriWorkforce Newsfeed /Fil d’actualité sur la main-d’œuvre agricole – March 27, 2024 AgriWorkforce Newsfeed – March 27, 2024
UOVBA News BotApril 1, 2024
https://www.beeculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Feeding-Your-Bees.mp3 Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Off the Wahl Beekeeping New(ish) Beekeeper Column Feeding Your Bees By: Richard Wahl Background For the past two years I have been a partner mentor with four or five other beekeepers that have provided on-site, hands-on instruction…
UOVBA News BotApril 1, 2024
Q Bees chewing wood I have had a weird behavior in which I am not sure what the bees are doing. Hopefully you can see from this picture (Figure 1), the bees are chewing the woodenware along the inside edge. I have seen this once or twice before. This particular box is new woodenware and has been wax dipped but I…
UOVBA News BotMarch 25, 2024
Away from the protection of the hive, foraging bees suffer a dreadfully high death rate. The various fates of the bees are not often photographed in a collection and shown to the beekeeping public. From photographs saved in various dedicated folders since 1998 (on a succession of hard drives), we will see how bees died or when they could have…
UOVBA News BotMarch 25, 2024
New bee-friendly restrictions on neonicotinoid insecticides in New York … and a barrier to further progress on this topic in the USA In the two previous Notes from the Lab column, I focused on the scientific evidence that pesticides are currently harming bees, and specific ways in which the current pesticide risk assessment process overseen by regulatory agencies such as…
UOVBA News BotMarch 25, 2024
I had a good laugh last month when I looked at the calendar and saw the most horrible winter weather forecasts I’ve seen in a decade. The joke was on me — here, I had been writing about “mild winters” and “Super El Nino,” banking on unseasonably warm weather like it was a sure thing. But I’m very grateful for…
UOVBA News BotMarch 25, 2024
Cooking with honey is popular. Now more than ever, cooks are sneaking a gobbet of honey into recipes from salads to desserts. Some are searching for richer or fresher flavors, while others prize honey for its nutrients, a step beyond refined sugar. The unintended consequences of cooking with honey During canning season about 15 years ago, I prepared an…
UOVBA News BotMarch 25, 2024
AgriWorkforce Newsfeed /Fil d’actualité sur la main-d’œuvre agricole – March 20, 2024 AgriWorkforce Newsfeed – March 20, 2024
UOVBA News BotMarch 22, 2024
Elevating Hive Health with SuperNectar – A Nutritional Breakthrough for Honeybees. March 2024 – Strong Microbials and Apis Biologix are proud to announce SuperNectar, a groundbreaking advancement in bee nutrition and health. This innovative, nutrient-enriched probiotic supplement addresses the complex challenges commercial beekeepers face, including environmental stressors, pathogens, and nutritional deficiencies that threaten hive vitality. SuperNectar is the result of…
UOVBA News BotMarch 13, 2024
We have been asked to help a small start up company who wants to develop a new Varroa control product. They have been asked by potential funders to have active members of the honey bee community answer some questions. Here they are: https://forms.gle/ZsBK7tihs2q2U2Wm9
UOVBA News BotMarch 12, 2024