Thursday, July 12, 2012

The Bee Journal: Planting the Honey of a Garden


After reading the Honey Handbook I feel so much more informed as I prepare to put in a garden for the bees.
The Honey Handbook focuses on how to produce great flavoured honeys.  And nothing helps the bees do that more than right right kind of plants.
I'll never forget lifting the lid off the extractor after our first extraction.  The smell was like tomatoes and sweet chilly peppers.  Not what I thought honey should smell like.  The taste was different too.  I wondered what on earth the bees had gotten into.
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The Bee Journal: Middlesex, Oxford, Elgin Beekeepers Association Annual Bee Yard Meeting


I remember a couple years back when we held the event in my bee yard that I learned more in 10 minutes with an experienced beekeeper than reading all kinds of books.
You just can beat some good old fashioned hands-on training.
This year we met in Elgin County at Albert Devries' home where he raises Buckfast bees.
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The Bee Journal: The long and winding road


Today the Beatle's song is going through my head.  The long and winding road.  It often leads to unexpected places.
In this case my mind is saying, "back home."  In truth I don't know where I'll end up.
Today I join with millions of other Canadians and citizens around the world that have or are experiencing the terror and uncertaintly of unemployment.
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Hubble Discovers New Moon Around Pluto | Wired Science | Wired.com


Astronomers have detected a new, fifth moon orbiting the dwarf planet Pluto, in images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope. The irregularly shaped moon is between 6 and 16 miles across. It circles Pluto in a 60,000-mile-diameter orbit, roughly a quarter of the distance at which our moon orbits Earth.
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Why New York City Wants Cleanweb?


Mayor Bloomberg and NYC Digital produced the first ever City's First-Ever sustainability hackathon - Reinvent Green - that took place July 30th - July 31st. This was part of the initiative to 
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5 Ways Etsy Fuels Entrepreneurs


Etsy the online marketplace for handmade goods is not only helping fledgling artists make money and popularizing the
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Nominate a Green Business Hero: $150 prize!


We’d like to celebrate the heroes of the new economy. The small and mid-sized businesses that are changing the world, regenerating natural resources, creating sustainable jobs that aren’t just outsourced at the first convenient moment.We spend a lot of time blogging about the what’s, how’s and why’s of green entrepreneurship, and we feel we would
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Rent Your Bridal Tiara: Collaborative Consumption for Weddings


Anyone of you that have planned or are planning a wedding realize how expensive it is, not to mention a waste of resources for one day! The wedding dress, accessories, centerpieces all cost hundreds of thousands of dollars never to be used again. Wedding costs and resources can be easily shared and offer an ideal
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Solar Charger Giveaway: IEEE Launches Green Your World Challenge Facebook App


The IEEE Green Your World (GYW) Challenge has officially launched! IEEE wants to bring visibility and support to the UN declaration for 2012- the year of Sustainable Energy for All, and to maintain awareness of global social responsibility, has upgraded the IEEE Green Your World Facebook page to get global users engaged. IEEE, the world’s largest technical professional organization,
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Announcing an Alternative to the 100-Watt Incandescent: A New LED Product by GE


GE Lighting recently announced that they will be adding a new, 27-watt LED light bulb to the market. Available in an “A-19” design, this GE Energy Smart® product seems to do the impossible; it reduces the amount of heat emitted by a 100-watt bulb of the same shape, but it does not increase the size
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Friday, June 15, 2012

Flowers provide grip for bees to hang on during pollination, study shows


According to the study, the bees grasp gaps in conical cells with their tiny claws in order to maintain their balance on the flower during windy days.
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Pesticide Turns Bees Into Picky Eaters - Science News - redOrbit


New research from the University of California, San Diego shows that a common pesticide can alter the appetite of honey bees and turn them into
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How gravity messes with honeybees' waggle dance


Honeybees are known to communicate in a dance language called the waggle dance to point out the location of resources that keep the hive alive, but new research reveals that gravity can mess with this dance's accuracy.
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Bees 'self-medicate' when infected with some pathogens


When faced with pathogenic fungi, bees line their hives with more propolis -- the waxy, yellow substance seen here. Propolis is a combination of plant resins and wax that has antifungal and antibacterial properties. Credit: Michael Simone-Finstrom, North Carolina State University
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Video: To Kill Predators, Japanese Honeybees Surround Them in a 'Hot Defensive Bee Ball'


How would you like to be literally cooked to death by bees?
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Honey's effects on human evolution excite UNLV anthropologist


UNLV anthropology professor Alyssa Crittenden recently published a study that suggests honey played a bigger part in the rise of big-brained humans than anyone previously thought.
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Honey bees in need of greater genetic diversity


The many problems that currently face the U.S. honey bee population have underscored the need for sufficient genetic diversity at the colony, breeding, and population levels. The beekeeping industry needs access to stocks of origin or standardized evaluation and stock improvement programs.
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Honeybees May Have Personality | Wired Science | Wired.com


Bees have different "personalities," with some showing a stronger willingness or desire to seek adventure than others, according to a new study.
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Asian Honey Bees Defend Colony By Teaming Up & Shaking Their Bellies


Asian honey bee guards exhibit a peculiar behavior whenever a predator is around – they band together and “shake” their abdomens from side to side for a few seconds.
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Listening in for the healthy hum


Monitoring devices are being put in bee hives across Scotland as part of a project to keep an eye on their health.
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Honeybee decline linked to killer virus


Parasitic mites wiping out bee colonies by transmitting deadly virus directly into the bloodstream of the bees, research reveals
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Kevin. Kevin, up here. I need to talk to you. ...


Kevin. Kevin, up here. I need to talk to you. WHO’S CALLING MY- NO. NO, YOU’RE DEAD! YOU’RE DEAD! I KILLED YOU! Hello again, Kevin. We have unfinished business you and...
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GET ME ONE OF THEM ANGUS MUSHROOM AND SWISS MEALS...


GET ME ONE OF THEM ANGUS MUSHROOM AND SWISS MEALS WITH THE- NO, WAIT. IT’S ALMOST BEACH SEASON. BETTER GET ME THE SOUTHWEST CHICKEN SALAD. GET EXTRA RANCH, THOUGH. THEY NEVER GIVE YOU ENOUGH. WITH A...
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“I’M LEAVING YOU.” THAT’S ALL HE SAID. AND THAT...


“I’M LEAVING YOU.” THAT’S ALL HE SAID. AND THAT GOT ME TO THINKING, ONCE I STOPPED CRYING. ONCE HE WAS GONE. ABOUT SO MANY THINGS REALLY, BUT MOSTLY ABOUT HOW FEW WORDS IT TAKES TO SAY SOMETHING TRULY...
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EXCUSE ME, I’M LOST. CAN YOU TELL ME- BUH BUH BUH...


EXCUSE ME, I’M LOST. CAN YOU TELL ME- BUH BUH BUH BOW! BOW! WAKA! FLOCKA! BUH BUH BUH BOW! AAAAAAH! WHAT? PLEASE DON’T HURT ME! I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS! I’M JUST LANE CHANGING, CHAINS SWINGING!...
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Bee-swarm season yields sweet rewards - The Whidbey Examiner - Whidbey Island, Washington


David Neel of Island Apiaries, right, looks on as Jeff Greenwood and Richard Briscoe of Advanced Construction and Maintenance in Oak Harbor remove a section of siding at the historic San de Fuca schoolhouse behind which honey bees had built a large hive.
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Honeybee Removal for North Texas Residents Now Easier with Help from Little Giant Beekeepers and Bee Removal Specialists


Bees can be a real danger to your property and your safety - Now Little Giant Beekeepers is offering their bee removal service throughout North Texas.
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Busting A Hive Of Bustling Bees


It started with a dead bee found inside the house and it ended with a hive of 15-thousand bees safely moved to another location.
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Homeowners Warned Of Bee Removal Dangers - San Diego News Story - KGTV San Diego


SAN DIEGO -- Homeowners are being warned of the dangers of hiring someone to remove bees without doing the necessary research. Monday, May 28, 2012.
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

5 Over-the-Top Ways to Get Around While Going Green


We're living in an interesting time, where efficiency has become paramount for modern vehicles. Not only that, the ultra-efficient green vehicles that were once pipe dreams are actually becoming reality. But let's set aside the simple and the small and take a look at the big and the bold -- like a car that runs on coffee, or spaceships propelled by lasers. Here's a thoroughly less-than-scientific look at alternative forms of green transportation.
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Smart Wind Turbines Get $1.6M US Grant «


A Purdue University research team has been granted $1.6 million in federal funding to help develop the next generation of wind turbines, so-called “smart” turbines that will operate more efficiently and break down less often that today’s versions.
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Google to start showing you warnings when it suspects a state-sponsored attack


If you're using a Google product and the company detects that your computer has been compromised by a suspected state-sponsored attack, it will start showing you a warning at the top ...
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NASA Plans to Launch Black Hole Seeking Satellite From a Freakin’ Airplane Next Week


NASA is preparing to launch the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, next week. Once in orbit, the probe will focus on high energy X-Ray emission, eventually surveying distant black holes. The probe will be a major boon to astrophysicists, but only after it's in space. And it's going to get there after being shot off a freakin' airplane.
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Monday, June 4, 2012

Why don't mosquitoes die in the rain? They're too small


Mosquitoes thrive in rainy climates, even though a typical raindrop can weigh up to 50 times as much as the insect. Scientists have thus long pondered how mosquitoes can fly through a rainstorm without getting killed by such collisions, the impact of which is comparable to a human being hit by a bus. The short answer is that the mosquitoes are so light that they simply hitch a ride on the raindrop without any significant force being transferred to them.
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Shuttle Enterprise damaged during water transport in NYC


Space shuttle Enterprise suffered minor wing damage on Sunday  when it collided with the navigation guides for a New York railroad bridge during the first half of its sea trek to a Manhattan museum for display.
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US spy satellite agency gives NASA 2 space telescopes


The United States' spy satellite agency is giving NASA two spare space telescopes free of charge, each potentially more powerful than the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA officials announced today.
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A Seattle Center garden to match Chihuly's vibrant glassworks


The Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibit is already breathing fresh life into the Seattle Center.
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Thursday, May 3, 2012

First Person Cuter Game

This post has been ripped off from Cute Overload!

Video game nerds everywhere! Play Call of Cutie and experience the action through the eyes of a squirrel!

I must apologize to the authors at Cute Overload but I felt it necessary to rip off their content so I could share it on Google+.  Please forgive me as I think it's a worth while cause to share this with the awesome community on Google+.  Consider this a "cross-blogging-system" re-blog.

If you've reached this post, please pay tribute to Cute-Overload by visiting the original post, First Person Cuter Game.

Thanks,
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Check Out Adopt-A-Dinosaur

I just had to share with you this fantastic resource from Los Angeles.  The Los Angeles County Natural History Museum has started a program to help supplement their funding to maintain their exhibits.  This is a fantastic idea akin to the Adopt-A-Highway program which is all over Southern California.  Check it out!

This may be the only chance you get to see the wide range of exhibits they offer at this museum online, especially if you're not from or don't live or visit Southern California.

They have a truly amazing range of exhibits covering everything from complete skeletons of dinosaurs to rare flora-fauna and paintings.

Natural History Museum: Object of affection



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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Tanks, Jets or Scholarships?

I was just reading this article today which really made me think what we are doing in the Middle East is helping and hurting.  As pointed out by Thomas Friedman, who recently was in Amman, Jordan, we spent 100 times more supplying the Egyptian military with tanks and planes than was donated to the Lebanese for scholarships and probably did more good with the $13 million that's being used to put Lebanese students through college.

In his article, Thomas shares interviews of several people benefiting from these college scholarships and gets some somewhat obvious responses but put into context you have to wonder why we are toppling governments with one hand and undermining the very social structures which are necessary for stability in this region and at the same time educating their children and doing so much on the other hand.

Curiously it's not unlike tactics we've been using for so many years hedging our bets but the rush to force change through military might and at the same time trickling in money to change their society from within has a strange sound to it.  Perhaps I don't have the correct perspective to really understand what we're doing in the Middle East but I would wager that I'm not alone in this respect.  Obviously, Thomas felt it was worth mentioning because he took the time to travel to Jordan and wrote this fantastic article.  Maybe you could read this article too and let me know what you think.

Please read on at The New York Times, The Opinion Pages, "Tanks, Jets or Scholarships?"

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Arctic sea-ice loss didn't happen by chance

Arctic sea-ice loss didn't happen by chance.

Climate researchers use a new tack to try to eliminate the many variables which may have contributed to the recent extreme ice-cover loss being witnessed near the arctic poles and have discovered that only "green house emissions" can explain the current conditions at the poles.

Arctic Ice Melting

"In the end, only the increase in greenhouse gas concentration showed a physically plausible link with the observed sea-ice retreat. We expect a decreasing sea-ice cover for increasing greenhouse gas concentration, which is exactly what is observed," Notz explains.

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Government says bees in crisis and funds millions for local solutions

Government says bees in crisis and funds millions for local solutions

“We’re not very far above a crisis or a critical situation,” said Jeffery Pettis, lead bee researcher at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). “We’re operating on a very thin margin as far as meeting pollination demands.” 

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

We Love Bee Keepers! Save The Bees!

This is a great video from a beekeeper about the life of a beekeeper. Very inspirational.

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Monday, April 2, 2012

Friday, March 30, 2012

Eliminating bee colonies and other pest control measures

By Ada Moon

Pests come in all shapes and sizes. Bees, wasps, and mosquitoes are just some of the bothersome creatures that can ruin a family picnic in one's garden or constantly annoy everyone if they've taken up inside the house. But pest control can provide solutions to this nuisance. Bees, especially, can be a problem. As spring approaches, so does the season of bees. And it is hard to truly enjoy your spring and summer if your home is under siege by bees. Putting measures in place for bee control is the job of bee exterminators. And finding the right bee exterminators is the first step in expelling these pests.

If you see bees traversing to and from the same place, chances are they have established a colony. Bee colonies are among the most difficult pest control problems because they are permanent and bees sting to defend them. Some persons take it upon themselves to remove these nests. But such an effort can easily miscarry if not done properly. Indeed, you can actually make the problem worse! Removing a bee from a wall is a job best done by a professional. Bee exterminators can use a variety of methods and insecticides to eliminate bees.

Space fumigation is another means of eliminating bees. Fumigation is a project that involves a structure be covered or sealed airtight followed by the introduction of a penetrating, deadly gas at a killing concentration a long period of time (24-72hrs.). Although expensive, space fumigation targets all life stages of pests.

Space treatment can also be used for bee control. It is a long term project involving fogging or misting type applicators. Liquid insecticide is dispersed in the atmosphere within a structure. Treatments do not require the evacuation or airtight sealing of a building, allowing most work within the building to continue but at the cost of the penetrating effects. Contact insecticides are generally used, minimizing the long lasting residual effects.

Both space fumigation and space treatment are primarily used for indoor pest problems. Although these treatments cover wide spaces, they can be expensive, so it is best to determine the extent and scope of your bee problem before deciding to use them.

In some instances, entire communities are gripped with the problem of bees. The causes of such a phenomenon are many, but breeding grounds are among them. Proper waste management and drainage of still water, eliminates the breeding ground of many pests, including bees. Garbage provides food and shelter for many unwanted organisms, as well as an area where still water might collect and be used as a breeding ground by mosquitoes. Communities that have proper garbage collection and disposal, have far less of a problem with bees, flies, mosquitoes, and other pests than those that don't. Open air sewers are ample breeding ground for various pests as well. By building and maintaining a proper sewer system, this problem is eliminated.

If you have a problem with bees, getting a handle on it is not that difficult. A quick search of the worldwide web will provide you with a number of quality pest control services.

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Friday, March 23, 2012

Bee Swarm In Tennessee

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Bee Swarm In North Las Vegas

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Did you know that March typically begins the Las Vegas bee season?  Well a North Las Vegas home found out earlier this month.  Read more about it.

How important are bees to our earth?

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Ask anyone that knows bees.  Your local entomologist.  Your beekeeper. Anyone that knows bees will tell you the same thing:  You need honey bees to keep our own food supply ample.  May sound like a lot of hogwash that something so small could make or break our own food supply, but it’s true.

Bees play an important role in pollinating flowering plants, and are the major type of pollinator in ecosystems that contain flowering plants. Bees either focus on gathering nectar or on gathering pollen depending on demand, especially in social species. Bees gathering nectar may accomplish pollination, but bees that are deliberately gathering pollen are more efficient pollinators.

It is estimated that one third of the human food supply depends on insect pollination, most of which is accomplished by honey bees, especially the domesticated Western honey bees. Contract pollination has overtaken the role of honey production for beekeepers in many countries. For example, the populations of feral honey bees in the US have dropped about 90% in the past 50 years, except for the Southwest where they have been replaced by Africanized bees. At the same time managed colonies of honey bees have dropped by about two thirds. On the other hand, this has been offset by a natural increase in native pollinator populations in parts of the US, where such had been partially displaced by the invasive honey bees imported from Europe.

Because of this, we at Bee Catchers strive to keep the population of pollinating honey bees stable while removing them from areas where they can be potentially harmful to the general public, keeping you and your family safe while maintaining the ecological balance vital to our survival.
This is why we prefer to take care of honey bees through our live bee removal and relocation service, rather than eradication.  Simply put, because we understand that the world, and humanity, needs honey bees to thrive, but also understand the dangers associated with having a hive near you and your family, we’d rather move them than kill them.

That’s what sets Bee Catchers apart from other bee control companies: We do the usual routine spraying, should you want us to do so, but we’re firm believers in a greener environment.  And a greener environment needs honey bees.  Contact us today, and we’ll show you what 15 years of experience in bee removal, relocation and general bee control can do for you!

So remember, when you see a bee, don’t be frightened, remain calm, and do not swat at it.  When you remain calm, so do they.  Slowly walk away and you will be fine.  With help understanding your bee problem, give us a call, we guarantee a solution.

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We Save Bees safely removes bees from roofs, walls, chimneys, floors, and other hard to reach places… not to mention from branches, bushes, tress, and inside valve boxes. We do not TRY to do live removals, we ONLY DO live removals. We have competitive flat rates for each type of job, and do not upcharge for live removal. Putting passion into action, saving bees, is our core business value. No gimmicks to get into the door, we simply do what we say, and we are the best in the business.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Africanized Bee Defined

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Africanized honey bees, known colloquially as "killer bees", are some hybrid varieties of the Western honey bee species, (Apis mellifera), produced originally by cross-breeding of the African honey bee A. m. scutellata, with various European honey bees such as the Italian bee A. m. ligustica and the Iberian bee A. m. iberiensis. The hybrid bees are far more aggressive than any of the various European subspecies. Small swarms of Africanized bees are capable of taking over European honey bee hives by invading the hive and establishing their own queen after killing the European queen.[1]