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UOVBA News BotFebruary 20, 2024
Honey Statistics: A Deep Dive into the Hive We are here to share current happenings in the bee industry. Bee Culture gathers and shares articles published by outside sources. For more information about this specific article, please visit the original publish source: Honey Statistics: A Deep Dive into the Hive (market.us) In 2023, the global honey market recorded a revenue of USD 9.3 billion. Organic honey…
UOVBA News BotFebruary 20, 2024
The UC Davis Series By: Brian R. Johnson Hello Beekeepers! This short article will introduce you to the Johnson Bee Lab at UC Davis. Our lab shares the Laidlaw Bee Lab, which is just off the Davis campus, with two other labs, that of Elina Niño and Neal Williams. Our work complements one another and together we cover quite a…
UOVBA News BotFebruary 19, 2024
Q Oxalic acid chemistry I would like to know if the oxalic acid treatment involves a liquid phase before vaporization or if oxalic acid sublimes, going directly from solid to vapor. I am not a chemist, and there is a lot of confusion on this topic in the available information. Marie-Hélène Majeau Québec, November A My team and I get…
UOVBA News BotFebruary 19, 2024
Honey extractors evolved in America as the fledgling apiculture industry began to see the value of these machines. To understand that historical development from primary sources, I collect honey extractors, study them, and search how their original design functioned in the old bee literature. I had to find one important design: an 1870s Novice Honey Extractor. A.I. Root made this…
UOVBA News BotFebruary 19, 2024
By now, you’re either itching to get out to your bee yard, or you’re cuddled up cozy with no desire to brave the elements. While the sun rises and sets, the days are getting longer, and Baby New Year brood is emerging. If you haven’t yet performed your first inspection of 2024, now is the time to look at the…
UOVBA News BotFebruary 19, 2024
In last month’s column I described how the current pesticide risk assessment process for pollinators is inadequate in the United States, Europe, and other areas. I used the word “inadequate” because we know that pesticides are currently contributing to annual honey bee colony losses and declines of wild pollinators. In this month’s column I’m going to highlight a paper that…
UOVBA News BotFebruary 19, 2024
Here’s a quiz: What do ketchup, yogurt, gelatin, and heather honey have in common? You got it! They are all thixotropic liquids. Thixotropic materials are thick and viscous when motionless but become thinner when agitated. At my home, we always keep a humongous bottle of ketchup on the kitchen counter. After leaving it untouched for several days, you can invert…
UOVBA News BotFebruary 19, 2024
CAHRC/CCRHA – Jobs/Emplois New report from the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council projects job vacancies will surpass 100,000 by 2030 as nearly one-third of agri-workforce retires/Selon un nouveau rapport du Conseil canadien pour les ressources humaines en agriculture, plus de...Read more
UOVBA News BotFebruary 16, 2024
China’s Luanzhou develops greenhouse planting to increase farmers’ income We are here to share current happenings in the bee industry. Bee Culture gathers and shares articles published by outside sources. For more information about this specific article, please visit the original publish source: China’s Luanzhou develops greenhouse planting to increase farmers’ income-Xinhua (news.cn) Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia Greenhouse production of…
UOVBA News BotFebruary 16, 2024