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Bee Buzz Box – May 2019 Do you carry a spare tyre?
Bee Buzz Box – May 2019 Alan Wade No, Bee Buzz Box is not trying to cast aspersions on your midriff. But everyone carries a spare in their boot. It is ready and inflated when […]
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Bee Buzz Box – April 2019 Should I feed my Dog?
Alan Wade Should I feed my dog? In a new series of articles, Bee Buzz Box will challenge traditional beliefs that are more folklore than reality. Some ‘time-established’ practices may not be in the best […]
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Bee Buzz Box February 2019 Bees in Summer
Bee Buzz Box Bees in Summer February 2019 Alan Wade Bounteous summer is the season bees have to have. However Australian summer heatwaves would seem rather too cooky for our bees as these insects evolved […]
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Bee Buzz Box January 2019
Bee Buzz Box January 2019 Where Rust and Moth Doth Corrupt Alan Wade Frontispiece: Wax Moth pupae Victorian Department of Agriculture Old comb is an easy meal for wax moths. To the beginner or unwary, […]
Two-queen hives
Bee Buzz Box December 2017 Establishing two queens instead of one queen in a honey bee colony Part III -Operating two-queen hives
Alan Wade Looking back In Part I of this series we explored the notion of a single-queen colony and the rules – set by the bees – for introducing queen bees. We came to the […]
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Bee Buzz Box November 2017 – Establishing two queens instead of one queen in a honey bee colony Part II Setting up two-queen colonies
Alan Wade Hives with two queens In Part I we explored the ‘The one colony – One queen principle’, the universal condition of the honey bee colony. That two or more queens might be introduced […]
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Honey Bee Bugs
Honey Bee Pests and Diseases Alan Wade Common Name Species names Status Fungi Chalkbrood1 Ascosphaera apis ✔ Stone Brood Aspergillus fumigatus, A. flavus, A. niger ✔ (rare) Microsporidia Nosema Disease, Nosemosis Nosema apis2 ✔ Nosema […]
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Bee Buzz Box November 2018 Social organisation of ants, bees and wasps Part I – The origins of eusociality
Alan Wade All together altogether We often take for granted that bees work cooperatively and then it would seem of their own volition? We would be quite surprised were we hive a swarm only to […]
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Bee Buzz Box December 2018 Social organisation of ants, bees and wasps Part II – The eusocial Hymenoptera fauna
Alan Wade Polistes chinesis 47 cell nest (above and below) from Jerrabomberra Wetlands Polistes humilis from Fogg Dam NT August 2018 In Part I, we briefly examined the origins of advanced eusocial behaviour amongst ants, […]
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Bee Buzz Box August-September 2018 Part II – A Simple Swarm Control Guide
Alan Wade Last month we discussed why bees swarm and the difference between swarming (simple queen replacement) and supersedure (colony fission to establish a new colony). We then went on to explore simple swarm control […]