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5 Beekeeping Things To Do While Stuck At Home During Coronavirus (COVID-19)

by Amy Vu
March 23, 2020

Many of us are transitioning to being at home during the Coronavirus. Social distancing is more important than ever. But that doesn’t mean you can’t keep yourself busy! Maybe you’re looking for a new hobby and wanting to learn something ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, UF/IFAS Extension, UF/IFAS Research, UF/IFAS Teaching
Tags: Beekeeping, Honey Bee, Honey Bees, UF/IFAS, UFBugs, UFHoneyBeeLab, UFIFASExtension

Florida Beekeeping Calendar: September

by Mary Bammer
September 2, 2019

Management practices for your apiary in September: This calendar is meant to be a reference point for management and is not comprehensive. Additional resources: Tools for Varroa Management Varroa Sampling Methods (video) How to ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources
Tags: Bammerma, Beekeeping, Beekeeping Calendar, Honey Bees, UFHoneyBeeLab

Florida Beekeeping Calendar: August

by Mary Bammer
August 1, 2019

Management practices for your apiary in August: This calendar is meant to be a reference point for management and is not comprehensive. Additional resources: Tools for Varroa Management Varroa Sampling Methods (video) Foulbrood ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease
Tags: Bammerma, Beekeeping, Beekeeping Calendar, Honey Bees, UFHoneyBeeLab

Swarm management basics

by Susan Harris
July 15, 2019

A honey bee colony has two main goals for the year: 1) survive (i.e. build up the number of bees working to find and store enough honey and pollen to live through the next winter) and 2) reproduce (i.e. produce another colony). Spring is the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources
Tags: Beekeeping, Honey Bees, Management, Swarming, UFHoneyBeeLab

Florida Beekeeping Calendar: July

by Mary Bammer
July 5, 2019

Management practices for your apiary in July: This calendar is meant to be a reference point for management and is not comprehensive. Additional resources: Tools for Varroa Management Varroa Sampling Methods (video) Bottling, Labeling, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources
Tags: Bammerma, Beekeeping, Beekeeping Calendar, Honey Bees, UFHoneyBeeLab

Beekeeper Management Calendar: June

by Mary Bammer
June 3, 2019

Recommendations for your apiary in June: This calendar is meant to be a reference point for management and is not comprehensive. Additional resources: Tools for Varroa Management Varroa Sampling Methods (video) Bottling, Labeling, ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources
Tags: Bammerma, Beekeeping, Honey Bees, Management Calendar, UFHoneyBeeLab

What’s new with Varroa?

by Mary Bammer
May 13, 2019

The UF/IFAS Honey Bee Lab has collaborated on research that led to two recent Varroa-related publications. Below are summaries of that research as well as links to the full publications. Varroa feeding This research was conducted through the ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources, Pests & Disease, Pests & Disease
Tags: Bammerma, Beekeeping, Honey Bees, Research Update, UFHoneyBeeLab, Varroa

Beekeeper Management Calendar: May

by Mary Bammer
May 1, 2019

Recommendations for your apiary in May: This calendar is meant to be a reference point for management and is not comprehensive. For more information, check out this resources: Swarm Control for Managed Beehives Originally ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources
Tags: Bammerma, Beekeeping, Honey Bee, Management Calendar, UFHoneyBeeLab

Florida Beekeeping Calendar: April

by Mary Bammer
April 15, 2019

Recommendations for your apiary in April: This calendar is meant to be a reference point for management and is not comprehensive. For more information, check out these resources: Florida Beekeeping Management Calendar: http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in848 ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources
Tags: Bammerma, Beekeeping, Honey Bees, Management Calendar, UFHoneyBeeLab

10 tips for teaching kids about bees

by Mary Bammer
April 2, 2019

This post was written by Master Beekeeper, Meghan Orman Bees are fascinating; there's just no getting around it. If we don't share our fascination with the young people around us, bees' future maybe in peril. Children are the next ... READ MORE

Category: Agriculture, Natural Resources
Tags: Beekeeping, Bees, Honey Bees, MasterBeekeeperProgram, MeghanOrman, UFHoneyBeeLab, Youth

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