Archives for May 2020

Patreons will have  new sales tax situation come July 1, 2020.  It is unclear how specific patrons may be affected by this.  Thanks for your continued support of the Apis Information Resource News.

World Bee Day was  May 20, 2020, accompanied by various activities around the world. A colleague send me a copy of The May 18, 2020  Time Magazine, featuring an article on the Honeybee Whisperers, a moniker taken up by Slovenian Beekeepers , who “take care of the bees not just to produce honey for money, […]

Coronavirus COV-19 continues to dominate the news around the world.  Although “we are all in this together,” we are not out of the woods yet and learning more and more about the effects, including the results of reducing carbon emissions in Earth’s environment:.  The Guardian reports that the pandemic could be responsible for the resurgence […]

My comments on the American Honey Producer Association (AHPA) and American Beekeeping Federation (ABF)  split last month deserve some updating and clarification.  Humberto Boncristiani   at Insidethehive.tv has now published videos on his Youtube.com channel explaining the current thinking of the AHPA, as well as his reflections based on visiting the 2020 convention   See also an […]

The annual bee meetings have concluded.  There hasn’t been much reporting of the events so far, although we expect to see more in the future.  Meanwhile if you missed them, you can check out the websites of both the American Beekeeping Federation (ABF)  and American Honey Producers Association (AHPA) .  One may wonder why there […]

Happy New Year to my patrons and also I wish you well as we go into another decade.  I visited the Los Angeles area during Christmas and our grandchild Naomi, one year old.  One wonders what the anthropocene has in store for her  when she gets to be my age (77).  Yikes!   Fortunately, it […]

An early season’s greetings from Gainesville in North Central Florida.  We are getting hit with a cold spell, which for us isn’t much when compared to the rest of country.  But the bees have still gone to ground here with a potential light frost in the morning.  On December 23, I will be winging my […]

I’m late this year with the November issue of this digest.  All the doings around Thanksgiving got in my way.  We’ve had some wonderful fall days here in North Central Florida.  The bees are still foraging on an almost year-around blooming plant here, Bidens alba (begarticks) .  It will freeze back with cold weather probably, […]

The Honey Bee Microbiome is a fascinating area, perhaps more so given that humans have one as well.  It is more and more evident that large numbers of super organisms abound in the natural world, which is full of surprising and interesting  structures and connections.

Dear Subscribers, The 150th Celebration at the A.I. Root Company was even more significant than expected.  Beyond the various presentations, it was announced that long-time editor of Bee Culture, Kim Flottum, is stepping down and taking his place will be Jerry Hayes, who readers might know as the current author of American Bee Journal’s extremely […]