Discussions trending on Bee-L:
An online Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology
* 60# Honey Tins
* Varroa Life Cycle
* "Varroa destructor: A Complex Parasite, Crippling Honeybees Worldwide"
* Treating swarms and nucs for mites
* Coronavirus grounds beekeepers in China
* American vs EU food safety standards
* role of body size dimorphism in drones
* Medicine for Bees
* Visualizing Weather From A Bee's Perspective + Weather Info
* Controlled Natural Mating of Queens
* Bees and the Cold (Honey to bee energy conversion rate - efficiency)
*Upper ventilation
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Beneficial plants
Contact your local county Soil and Water Conservation District (click on the county for the website ) for info on Spring Tree and Shrub sale programs.
Remember, flowering trees provide the best long term benefit when mature for bee forage.
* Pollinator Friendly Plants for the Northeast United States
* The Cornell Guide for Planting and Maintaining Trees and Shrubs
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EVENTS:
* March 28 SABA Seminar, Southern Adirondack Beekeepers Association (Albany area) Speakers: Dr Larry Connor, Dr Ernesto Guzman
* August 15-16; 2 day NY Bee Wellness Workshop in Wayne County New York, details TBA.
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If you weren't able to attend Apimondia 2019 in Montreal or want to review the talks, here is a link to PDF's of some of the presentations.
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In memorian:
Carl E. Hausknecht
Former branch manager of Dadant Bee Supplies in Waverly NY. Carl was employed for 40 years by Dadant and Son Beekeeping Supplies as Branch Manager in Waverly, NY. He was well known and respected in that industry with customers all along the Eastern Coast of the United States. November 24, 2019.
https://loweryfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/4111/Carl-Hausknecht/obituary.html
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This is a serious issue that will affect all NYS beekeepers.
This is important to beekeepers who are already registered voluntarily, as NYS Ag & Markets does not communicate with them.
What many would like to see is for the State of New York to provide services for all beekeepers, with no strings attached, and release information about disease info, spraying, and other programs which may affect honey bees such as tick control measures using pesticides-- all info which Albany possesses. A hive and frame fumigation chamber centrally located in NYS would be extremely helpful in controlling pathogens.
The Bill should remove any mandatory registration, as it is an absolute hot button (nuclear strength) issue in NYS that will only cause unnecessary anger and tension. Peter Borst in the June ABJ writes about apiary programs in the USA; some states have good programs with voluntary registration; having mandatory registration in other states does not prevent high winter loss and AFB incidence. Forcing it on beekeepers isn't worth the battle and is non-productive.
Resolution: The members of NOFA-NY call upon Governor Cuomo and Agriculture Commissioner Ball to improve the Apiary Program in the following ways:
- Keep hive and apiary registration voluntary in NYS.
- Provide notification and communication of county spraying for mosquitoes, use of bee toxic substances for tick abatement, and outbreaks of honey bee disease such as American Foulbrood, for all beekeepers and the general public
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1) Tips on Working Bees Randy Oliver
2) Healthy Bees, Meghan Milbrath (MSU)
3) Nosema & Varroa Mites Randy Oliver
4) The Times They are a Changin', Randy Oliver
5) Mite resistant queen stock , Meghan Milbrath (MSU)
6) Biology of Wintering Bees, Medhat Nasr PhD, Alberta
7)Proactive Beekeeping, Medhat Nasr PhD
8)"What is Killing Our Bees" Medhat Nasr PhD
9) "A Bit about Bees" Peter L Borst
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Great How-to videos from the University of Guelph Honey Bee Research Centre
Queens, mite checks, bear fencing, etc.
to provide new and advanced beekeepers with demonstrations by our staff on a variety of topics ranging from how to open a hive to queen rearing.
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