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 did …

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By , on January 10th, 2011

Honey Bee Biology 1 [video]

This first lecture by Prof. Roger Hoopingarner talks about names, lineages and geography of the honey bees.

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By , on July 29th, 2010

Honey bee nutrition

This is recently jointly published in American Bee Journal and Bee Culture, but also available on the eXtension website under honey bee health:

Honey Bee Nutrition by Zachary Huang

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By , on March 12th, 2010

Honey bees and social insects

Definition of eusociality

Many animals live together as a group, but they are not necessarily social (e.g. a school of fish) because there is a very precise definition when it comes ot sociality. True sociality (eusociality) is defined by three …

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By , on February 18th, 2010

The Abdomen

On the surface the abdomen has no special outside structures, but is the center for digestion and reproduction (for drones and queens). It also houses the sting, a powerful defense against us humans.

A worker, a drone, and a queen can be distinguished by the size and shape of their abdomen. The queen pictured here was laying eggs, as can be seen by her large abdomen.
A worker, a drone, and a queen

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