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Month: July 2020

Apis henshawi (Henshaw's Honey Bee) from the Oligocene Creské Stredhori Mountains, Czech Republic
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Bee Buzz Box August 2020 A History of Two-Queen Hives Part I – The origin of the single-queen colony

28/07/2020 Alan Wade Comments Off on Bee Buzz Box August 2020 A History of Two-Queen Hives Part I – The origin of the single-queen colony

Alan Wade The honey bee colony is almost always headed by a single queen irrespective of its natural or managed state. However finding a second queen is not uncommon. It routinely occurs when colonies are […]

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Bee Buzz Box July 2020 – Bee Space

03/07/2020 Alan Wade 0

Alan Wade and Frank Derwent Many beekeepers make claim to understanding bee space. Indeed it is one of the fundamentals tenets of beekeeping that is taught to beginners. Anything bigger than a bee space will […]

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