By , on February 27th, 2013

First glimpse of bees, 2013

First glimpse of bees in 2013

Zachary Huang, Michigan State University

Monday (Feb 25, 2013) the weather.com said it was 46.6 at around 4 pm. so I thought it would be a good time to see how many colonies …

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By , on November 10th, 2012

Bangladesh: bees and people

Zachary Huang, Michigan State University

I was in Bangladesh for 2 weeks Oct 10 to Oct 23rd, 2012 for a trip to help with their beekeeping industry. This trip was funded by WinRock International. Over there I visited seven …

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By , on January 19th, 2012

Feeding bees in winter

1. Introduction

Zachary Huang, January 18, 2012

January 6, 2012. It was 50 F (10C), but with strong sunlight it felt like 65 to me. Alex (my postdoc) and I checked one yard  and found 12 colonies alive. He …

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By , on April 27th, 2011

Reminder to Feed Your Bees!

-by Steve Tilmann, MBA Treasurer

As this is written (end of April 2011), we note that packaged bees have begun to arrive in Michigan over the past two weeks.  So beekeepers all over the state have been busy installing …

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By , on April 26th, 2011

Half a million of newbees, Part 2

by Zachary Huang, Associate Professor, Michigan State University

Day 2, Friday, April 22.
Dr. Samina Qamer and I went to the “George Yard”, about 25 miles away and near the Sleepy Hollow State Park. Here we used 12 buckets …

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