Volume 1 ----------------------------------- December 25, 2010 ------------------------------- Number 1
Welcome to the first edition of Bee Smart, a regular E-mail briefing about what's going on in the beekeeping community.
We are christening this newsletter on the 200th birthday of Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth, the Father of American
Beekeeping. What will this newsletter become?
For now these will be blasts of beekeeping info, usually short but informative bits of information ranging from breaking news, cutting edge
discoveries and informative facts and trivia about bees. No doubt the format will change as we hear back from more and more
subscribers. And, you'll enjoy knowing that you are a subscriber receiving the first one! This is being sent to less that 20 subscribers
for the first edition. You can help us expand the subscribers list and watch it grow!
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I'm David Burns, and EAS Master Beekeeper and my wife and I operate Long Lane Honey Bee Farms at: www.honeybeesonline.com
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Overwintering Bees
So many beekeepers ask me what they can do to help their bees survive the winter. I've worked up an easy to remember acronym WINTERS:
Wipe out pest & diseases
Initiate protection against extreme climate conditions
New queen
Top Ventilation
Excluders and empty combs off
Restrict Opening to keep out mice
Sufficient Pollen & Honey
by David Burns, EAS certified Master Beekeeper
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IN THE NEWS...
Will This Finally Get Rid Of Mites?
Scientists Scientist are now working on a promising approach to destroy Varroa. They've found a way to introduce harmless genetic material that encourages the mites' own immune response
to prevent their genes from expressing natural functions and causes the mite to self destruct. It's still years out, but here's the full article:
Who Killed A Beekeeper's Hives With Gasoline?
Police are on the look out for someone who deliberately killed a beekeeper's hives by lifting the lids and pouring gasoline in the hive. Revenge? Competition? Who would do something
like this? Read the full story.
May Berenbaum & Tom Seeley Interview
Ira Flatow, from Science Friday, conducts a great interview with May Berenbaum discussing Langstroth's life and his beekeeping inventions, and Tom Seeley who talks about the collective
decision-making of honeybees, the subject of Seeley's new book, Honeybee Democracy. Here's the audio podcast and here's the transcript.
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