infection, a frame from each colony containing brood and nurse bees was shaken into a plastic bin ... Colonies were founded on either new foundation or gamma irradiated comb. Chalkbrood sampling was ...

There are other pests that frequently invade the bee hives, including ants, skunks, and mice. Ants steal honey and destroy the brood; skunks scratch the hive entrance during the night and can eat the ...

The bees store nectar in honeycomb cells made of wax. The honey is still a bit wet, so they fan it with their wings to make it dry out and become more sticky Working bee on honeycomb. Closeup of bee ...

The last two months was the beginning of the beekeeping season, but April is the heart of beekeeping in North Carolina.

S ammy Ramsey was having a hard time getting information. It was 2019, and he was in Thailand, researching parasites that kill bees. But Ramsey was struggling to get one particular Thai beekeeper to ...

Honeybees play a vital role in food production, and in turn provide delicious and nutritious honey and a variety of other useful products. “Anyone can put a hive of bees on their own land,” said Eric ...

“You let them just start to grow their colony over time and the bees will actually produce wax and honeycomb and start to fill it with their brood, so their babies, and then nectar and honey, and you ...

Honeybees play a vital role in food production, and in turn provide delicious and nutritious honey and a variety of other useful products.

Dan Long handles his beehives with care. When he needs to harvest honey or search for a queen bee, he might wear a full ...

Varroa mites and small hive beetles are threatening Australian honey producers. Here’s how backyard beekeepers, and everyday ...