Dear Colleagues and Cooperators As some of you may already be aware, I will be retiring from Rutgers University as of August 1st. Concurrently, I wanted to announce my retirement from IR-4 on August 1st, 2024. I have enjoyed working with and getting to know all of you over the last 25+ years with Rutgers and IR-4. A few of you may know that I actually started conducting IR-4 research  conducting field residue studies over 30 years ago and as a lab analyst over 40 years ago. I am most happy to have been able to transform university and USDA research into EPA registered biopesticides such a ..read more

Episode 167: Honey Bee Clustering In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on June 4, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu welcome back Derek Mitchell from the University of Leeds Institute of Thermofluids to talk about his research article, “Honeybee cluster—not insulation but stressful heat sink.” This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today’s episode. Listen here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ufhbrel/episodes/Episode-167-Honey-Bee-Clustering-e2kf0qi ..read more

United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service                                               2024 California Almond Forecast  RESULTS: The USDA NASS Pacific Regional Office released an initial subjective forecast for 2024 California almond production. NASS forecasts: production at 3.00 billion pounds, 21% above last year’s final prod ..read more

https://www.beeculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/EvansFoundJune2024Losses.mp3 Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Found in Translation Colony Turnover, The Big Picture By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Last month, I focused from inside the box on the beauty and productivity of honey bee colonies, and the parts that must work together to keep things buzzing. Now it’s time to look down (sometimes literally, in the form of satellites) at U.S. bee colonies and see what we can glean from a distance. It is well ..read more

https://www.beeculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Mites-on-the-Rampage-Wahl.mp3 Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Off the Wahl Beekeeping New(ish) Beekeeper Column Mites on the Rampage By: Richard Wahl Mites: Not If, but When As a beginner delves deeper into the art of beekeeping they often hear variations of the adage, “If you ask eight beekeepers a question about how to do something, you will get ten different answers.” This is largely due to the number of choices a beekeeper has to make based on their own ..read more

The audio is currently unavailable, check back next week. It will be available as soon as possible! Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Minding Your Bees and Cues Sensible Beekeeping By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Make Sense The most sensible beekeeper is the beekeeper who uses the most of their senses. The information your skin, nose, ears, eyes and mouth gather for you is not only enjoyable but will help you hone in on nuances of colony health and behavior. As you approach, open and pull out frames from ..read more

  Contact: Meg Henderson STARKVILLE, Miss.—Backyard beekeepers play a critical role in maintaining a thriving pollinator population, and two Mississippi State scientists in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology are working on initiatives to educate and involve amateur beekeepers in research that supports their hobby and promotes healthy pollinator populations. Pictured is a worker bee in a hive. The opaque cells are capped, which protect bee pupae as they develop into adult bees. These little domiciles are also a perfect place for varroa m ..read more

Saturday, June 1, 2024 Sponsored by Queen Right Colonies & Lorain County Beekeepers Association For 30 years QRC and LCBA have partnered to bring the best of the best to Ohio, and this year is no different. Kicking off Field Day will be keynote speaker Randy Oliver of Golden West Queens. Randy will be speaking on his mite-tolerant queen project. The icing on the cake will be guest speaker, Ray Olivarez from Olivarez Honey Bees speaking on commercial beekeeping. Having these two very sought after and informative speakers at the same event is an opportunity you will not want to miss. And ne ..read more

Episode 166: Environmental DNA In this episode of Two Bees in a Podcast, released on May 28, 2024, Dr. Jamie Ellis and Amy Vu speak with Dr. Leigh Boardman—an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Memphis—about Environmental DNA (eDNA), how it works in the honey bee world, and how it might be beneficial to beekeepers in the future. This episode concludes with a Q&A segment. Check out our website: ufhoneybee.com, for additional resources from today’s episode. Listen here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ufhbrel/episodes/Episode-166-Envir ..read more

MAY 28 Honey Bee Brood Diseases and Varroa at Seven Ponds Beekeepers Meeting 7-8:30 p.m. | Dryden, MI Learn to distinguish between healthy and sick brood and to recognize signs of European Foulbrood, American Foulbrood, chalkbrood, and varroa parasitic mite brood syndrome.   JUN 1 Honey Bee Medicine Clinic for Veterinary Practitioners 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or 12-4 p.m. | Lansing, MI Veterinarians, veterinary students, and veterinary technicians are invited for an in-hive clinic on honey bee inspections and diagnostics. Two different times are offered. The ..read more