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Winter patties or pollen patties: how to choose the...

August 25, 2022
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The winter solstice: day one of bee season

December 21, 2021
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Books for Beeple: two fun reads for a winter’s eve

December 13, 2020
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Overcome wintertime beekeeping worries with a good...

January 26, 2020
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Hive tapping is an easy way to estimate colony health. It doesn't harm the bees because noise is normal.
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The winter hive: to tap or not to tap

December 11, 2019
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Wintertime books for people who love bees

December 4, 2019
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How to feed stacked nucs in winter

October 11, 2019
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Wintertime projects: skeps and honey pots

April 10, 2019
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For the best overwintering success, do one thing...

April 26, 2018
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Honey bees flying in front of single deeps hi.ves. Single deeps have different management issues from larger hives.
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Overwintering honey bees in single-deep hives

November 24, 2017
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A quick winter hive check can be as simple as just walking by and looking for anything unusual.
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Overwintering honey bees: a guide to the fundamentals

October 6, 2017
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Overwintering success: zero loss and healthy bees

April 13, 2017
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An instant-read hive thermometer for winter colonies

February 28, 2017
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Winter bees in snow-covered hives.
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A wealth of working winter bees can energize your...

January 5, 2017
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Happiness is a mid-winter cleansing flight

December 31, 2016
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Bee hives in winter.
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Are winter bee stings worse than others?

November 10, 2016
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Go to the bee, thou poet: consider her ways and be wise.

—George Bernard Shaw

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Bees are more than a hobby; they are a life study, in many respects a mirror of our own society.

—William Longgood

Why Honey Bee is Two Words

Regardless of dictionaries, we have in entomology a rule for insect common names that can be followed. It says: If the insect is what the name implies, write the two words separately; otherwise run them together. Thus we have such names as house fly, blow fly, and robber fly contrasted with dragonfly, caddicefly, and butterfly, because the latter are not flies, just as an aphislion is not a lion and a silverfish is not a fish. The honey bee is an insect and is preeminently a bee; “honeybee” is equivalent to “Johnsmith.”

—From Anatomy of the Honey Bee by Robert E. Snodgrass

State Insects

The non-native European Honey Bee is the state insect of:

  • Arkansas
  • Georgia
  • Kansas
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • New Jersey
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin

Not one native bee is a state insect. The closest relative of a North American native bee to make the list is the Tarantula Hawk Wasp, the state insect of New Mexico.

Minnesota now has a state bee as well as a state insect. Bombus affinis, the Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee, has been so honored. Good work, Minnesota!

Connecticut’s state insect is the European “praying” mantis. Although they are beneficial insects, they are not native to North America.

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