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Category Archives: Beekeeping Information
Amazing Bee Video on Bee Vision and Thermoregulation
Take a few minutes to watch this video on how bees see and about a relatively new discovery (as far as we know!) of “heater bees” and the role they play in regulating the temperature in the hive. Besides the … Continue reading
Clothianidin Scandal
Well folks, beekeepers have been saying it for a while and it looks like the EPA has known it all along. At least one of the things killing your bees is Clothianidin, a neonicotinoid pesticide that is used on many, … Continue reading
NY Times – The Beekeeper Next Door
They don’t mention Philly, but the Times has an interesting article about urban beekeepers across the country today. You’ll laugh! You’ll cry! You’ll be glad that you don’t live in Minneapolis where the city charges you $100 per hive per … Continue reading
A GIFT OF LOCAL HONEY
This past spring, Beekeeper Daniel Duffy worked with UC Green to develop a sustainable beekeeping program, helping to purchase honeybee hives, manage them and to train new beekeepers. Now the hives are going into their first winter after a solid … Continue reading
Possible Cause of CCD Story Evolves
CNN Money has published an article by a journalist who has been researching CCD for a while and who recognized some of the players in the latest ‘found the cause of CCD’ story published by the New York Times and … Continue reading
Possible Cause of Bee Die-Off Is Found
Published: October 6, 2010 by KIRK JOHNSON A fungus and a virus apparently caused the honeybee “colony collapse.†http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/science/07bees.html
Honeybees in your house?
Recently the Guild has gotten some emails and phone calls from people wondering what to do about honeybees living in their homes. For better or worse, our homes make attractive places for honeybees to set up their homes. A swarm … Continue reading