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In this issue More on Honey Types and Standards: Queen Problems: Honey Locator: Online Guide to Honeys A Diagnostic Service At Last: Determining Tracheal Mite Resistance New Turkish Bee Journal: Smrd Honey Bees: Breakthrough in Varroa Tolerance The Varroa Species Complex: New Strategies to Control Varroa destructor Are Non-Hygienic Queens Now Passé? MORE ON HONEY TYPES AND STANDARDS The article on honey types proliferating in Brazil in last month’s issue brought a comment from Dr. Bernard Vaissiere that the nectar potential of a plant may be more associated with its pollination situation than its botanical classification. Thus, there are...

In this issue Fumagillin: The Material That Controls Nosema apis Bees and Genes: Sociogenomic Study Beyond the Beehive Propolis Price Increases: A Value-added Product Whose Time Has Come? Brazil: Honey Types Proliferate Water Crisis in Florida: Potential Bee Problems FUMAGILLIN: THE MATERIAL THAT CONTROLS NOSEMA The February 2001 issue of HiveLights (Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 14-15) published by the Canadian Honey Council <http://www.honeycouncil.ca/> contains an article on fumagillin’s manufacture and use by Heather Clay. This antibiotic is used to control nosema disease, called a "silent" killer," which is often ignored by ...

In this issue Honey Bees as Biological Control Agents: Fungal Control of Fungus Biological Control of Foulbrood: Bacterial Control of Bacteria Honey Bees and Bar Codes: The Closing of the Tucson Bee Laboratory The Clock Gene in Honey Bees: Also Affects Foraging Oral Health and National Honey Board Efforts: More Official Respect for Honey Complementary Pollination: Breaking the Either/Or Paradigm Feral Honey Bee Comeback Apitherapy Course Offered: HONEY BEES AS BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS: FUNGAL CONTROL OF FUNGUS "It is difficult to think how a bee could be more useful." This sentence begins an article in the September 28, 2000 edition...

In this issue Biological Control in Beekeeping: Hive Beetle Hints: Citrus Canker in Florida: The Eradication Effort Pi Chi Omega Honey Bee Project: Roger A. Morse Lecture and Study Fund: February Bee Workshops: BIOLOGICAL CONTROL IN BEEKEEPING: Most organisms have natural enemies. The use of parasites/parasitoids, predators and diseases is a time-honored way to help control pest populations, be they insects, weeds, mammals or others. This is called biological control <http://ipmwww.ncsu.edu/biocontrol/biocontrol.html>. For example, the ancient Chinese moved ant nests into orchards to protect their citrus trees. ...

In this issue Taking Stock in 2000: Referendum on Honey Board Changes Fails: 4-H Essay Contest for the Year 2001: Book on Pollination: Honey Bee Educational Resources in Arizona: Antibiotics Banned: First Chickens, Then What? TAKING STOCK IN 2000: It’s time to stop and reflect on this year’s events as recorded in the pages of APIS . This is the 215 th number published, ending the newsletter’s eighteenth year chronicling issues in the apicultural industry. The electronic version of the newsletter, with 2,114 subscribers worldwide, is now clearly dominant over its print relative and continues to be the only monthly publication of its kind ...

In this issue Research on Beekeeping Pests: $300,000 Request From Florida Legislature Florida Bee Inspection: What Is Its Future? Economic Impact of Florida Beekeeping: Diagnosis of Honey Bee Diseases Updated: International Barriers to Honey Trade: Smokers and Their Fuel: Essential Oils: Research Continues, Jury Remains Out RESEARCH ON BEEKEEPING PESTS: $300,000 REQUEST FROM FLORIDA LEGISLATURE The next legislative session is likely to feature many new players in the wake of election 2000, and could well be one of the most important for beekeeping interests in many years. At the recent Florida State Beekeepers meeting in Haines City, a p...

In this issue Working Smarter, Not Harder: Apicultural Productivity in the 21 st Century WORKING SMARTER, NOT HARDER: APICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN THE 21 st CENTURY I am privileged to receive an invitation to attend the next Brazilian Beekeeping Congress <http://www.apacame.org.br/mensagemdoce/55/evento1.htm>, which will be held November 14-17, 2000 in Florianópolis <http://www.guiafloripa.com.br/>, Santa Catarina State, southeastern Brazil. This is sure to be an exciting event, given my experiences with Brazilan congresses in the past <http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~mts/apishtm/...

In this issue The African Honey Bee in Ecuador: Can Paradise be Maintained? EPA Sets Tolerance Levels for Coumaphos in Honey and Beeswax: More on Warning Labels for Bee Products in New Zealand and Australia: New Zealand Rejects Eradication of Varroa: Florida Bee Meetings: The Florida State Beekeepers Association Web Presence: THE AFRICAN HONEY BEE IN ECUADOR: CAN PARADISE BE MAINTAINED? I have returned from a trip south of Quito to collect honey from colonies in two places called Pastocalle and Lasso in the shadow of one of Ecuador’s most resplendent snow capped peaks, El Cotopaxi. The temperament of the honey bees we visited was exempla...

In this issue High School Study: Follow Up Comments Bee Botany Study in Southern Ecuador Africanized Bees in Virginia: Referendum On The Honey Research, Promotion, and Information Order Set For September 5-29: Honey Can Help Your Workout: Honey and Healing: Not All Honey May be Therapeutic Florida Weather Forecasting and FAWN: HIGH SCHOOL STUDY: FOLLOW UP COMMENTS I received considerable feedback concerning the high school study I reported on last month <http://www.ifas.ufl.edu/~mts/apishtm/apis_2000/apjul_2000.htm#2>. Several readers questioned the results as reported. Jay Woods thought that the six-carbon ...

In this issue Year 2000 Challenge Update: High School Study: No Pesticides Found in Honey Varroa Destructor: A New Name for an Old Parasite A Reevaluation of Human Allergy to Bee Products in New Zealand: Use of Royal Jelly Carries the Most Risk Apitherapy CD-ROM: Release Expected in September, 2000 International Initiative on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators: Pollination Gets More Respect Social Insects and the Earth’s Magnetic Field: Magnetite in Bees and Ants YEAR 2000 CHALLENGE UPDATE: The challenge continues with the following objectives: The goal is to have confirmed names of 50 (fifty) beekeepers who have present...