By , on January 19th, 2012

Holland Area Bee Club Announces Beginner’s Bee School

Due to several factors in the past couple decades the honeybee population has been going down.  Two types of mites are the main culprits, which weakens the hive and allows other pests to invade the hive and honey stores.  Commercial …

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By , on January 18th, 2012

MBA 2012 Keyboard Calendar

2012-honeybee-keyboard-calendar

I often find myself looking at a calendar.  And most times I am sitting in front of the computer when I do.  Several years ago I ran across a nifty little calendar that went on the keyboard.  It was really …

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By , on January 15th, 2012

Can you cook? Can you teach?

Ann Leonard, MBA vice president and chair of the 2012 Spring Conference, is busy putting together the class list for the conference.  In the past, we have had a lot of interest expressed in having a class about cooking with …

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By , on January 11th, 2012

A New Honeybee Parasite Discovered

This is what the little bugger looks like.

With all of the stressors which honeybees have recently found themselves up against, it looks like a new parasite has established itself in North American bee colonies. Scientists from several California institutions have released the results of studies that indicate …

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By , on January 6th, 2012

Bees on searockets

In December, I took Alex, my postdoc to Modesto for the Almond Board meeting. Because they funded my research on varroa RNAi, I was asked to be there to report our findings. We took a few days off to visit …

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