By , on April 2nd, 2012

April 2012 “Bee”doku

Topic:  TRACHEAL MITE

Difficulty:  Hard 

The TRACHEAL MITE, Acarapis woodi, is an internal parasite of adult honey bees.  A TRACHEAL MITE is very tiny critter and lives inside the bee’s breathing (tracheal) tubes.  The female mite will leave the …

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By , on March 30th, 2012

Bees Harmed by Low Levels of Common Pesticides

A pair of new studies published in the March 28, 2012 issue of the journal Science has shown (once again) that even low doses of popular pesticides can reduce bees’ survival and reproduction.  The studies focused on the class of …

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By , on March 29th, 2012

In Honey Bees a Promiscuous Queen is a Good Thing

Here is an audio clip from a radio broadcast in Canada (thanks to Doug McRory for passing this on) that is an interview with Dr. Heather Mattila, Wellesley College in Massachusetts, on her research on the effects of a diverse …

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By , on March 29th, 2012

Crabapples Blooming in East Lansing, Michigan

Zachary Huang
Michigan State University

Michigan went from winter to summer (20-30s) then back to winter last two days (below freezing at some point). but today (March 28th, 20120)  it came back to 15-16 C.

Some crab-apples were blooming today.  …

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By , on March 25th, 2012

Honey bees foraging on magnolia flowers

Photo and texts by Zachary Huang
Michigan State University

March 21, 2012, After I finished shooting the cherry blossoms, I wandered to behind Natural Science Building to see what was blooming there. Many beautiful magnolia trees were blooming with nice …

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