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NC State Aids Beekeepers

N.C. State aids beekeepers with hive health By SIMON GONZALEZ N.C. COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE N.C. State apiculture specialists educate beekeepers about better management techniques and best management practices. Photo courtesy of N.C. State University In the winter of 2006, a distressing phenomenon began to make headlines. Beekeepers across the country were reporting troubling losses of their honey bee hives, at…
UOVBA News Bot
June 2, 2023
Bee Culture

Bumblebee Production in Turkey

Bombus bees are produced in laboratories to be used in greenhouses With the ‘bombus bee’ project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, in Turkey, bombus bees are produced under laboratory conditions. These bees ensure the fertilization of the products grown in greenhouses without the use of hormones and increase the yield. Bombus bees will increase the yield and quality…
UOVBA News Bot
June 1, 2023
Bee Culture

Beekeeping’s Future

https://www.beeculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Beeks-resiliency.mp3 Click Here if you listened. We’re trying to gauge interest so only one question is required; however, there is a spot for feedback! Read along below! Beekeeping’s Future Despite enormous environment challenges facing the honey bee and beekeepers, there are a number of reasons to believe that the beekeeping industry is better able to withstand the uncertain future than…
UOVBA News Bot
June 1, 2023
Bee Culture

Study Hall

From the Editor By: Jerry Hayes Lots of colony losses once again in 2023. There are three words I want you to remember: Varroa, Varroa, Varroa. And disappointingly, the majority of the beekeeping industry is still not using the Honey Bee Health Coalition vetted, accurate and usable Tools for Varroa Management Guide. Varroa mites and the Varroa Virus legacy will…
UOVBA News Bot
June 1, 2023
Bee Culture

Found in Translation

https://www.beeculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/EvansFoundTransJune2023.mp3 Click Here if you listened. We’re trying to gauge interest so only one question is required; however, there is a spot for feedback! Read along below! Found in Translation Teaching Bees New Tricks By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Bees have innate (think ‘robo-bee’) and learned (‘show me, sister’) behaviors. Recent work with bees has explored the boundaries…
UOVBA News Bot
June 1, 2023
University of Guelph Youtube Channel

HBRC Equipment and Plans

Paul Kelly, research and apiary manager, and our volunteer Fred Fulkerson, explain the various equipment, useful tools and plans that have been developed at the Honey Bee Research Center. Filmed and edited by Wissarut Sukhaket. Link to plans: https://hbrc.ca/resources-for-beekeepers/ Link to video transcript: https://hbrc.ca/2023/05/29/hbrc-equipment-and-plans-transcript/ Frequently asked questions: https://hbrc.ca/faq/ For more videos, check out the University of Guelph's HBRC YouTube channel…
UOVBA News Bot
May 30, 2023
Ontario Beekeepers' Association News

2023-2028 OBA Strategic Plan

In 2013, the OBA released a five-year Summary of Strategic Directions, carving a path forward to support Ontario’s beekeeping industry as well as the growth of the organization. Now, in 2022, we want to refresh our strategic directions, building on our successes since 2013 and leveraging new opportunities to support Ontario beekeepers. To support the development of the new plan, we…
UOVBA News Bot
May 29, 2023
Bee Culture

Asian Honey Bee Hornets

Honey bee populations may collapse due to ineffective defenses. by Zhang Nannan, Chinese Academy of Sciences Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of California San Diego have predicted that the presence of Asian honey bee hornets would harm Apis mellifera colonies more than Apis cerana colonies…
UOVBA News Bot
May 26, 2023
Bee Culture

No Bumblebees in Greenhouse

“No bumblebees in our greenhouse” As more and more growers turn to environmentally friendly methods, bee pollination has become a popular choice. However, at seed breeding companies such as Westland Seeds, bumblebees are not very welcome in the greenhouse. “In pepper seed production, we divide plants into male and female in order to cross them with each other,” the grower…
UOVBA News Bot
May 25, 2023
Bee Culture

2022 Census of Agriculture

Last chance to complete the 2022 Census of Agriculture One week left to return the questionnaire The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will end data collection for the 2022 Census of Agriculture on May 31. Producers who have not yet returned their completed questionnaires have just one week left to respond. Federal law requires everyone…
UOVBA News Bot
May 24, 2023
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