A golden humming cloud of honeybees arrived unexpectedly one sunny June morning and moved into a knothole in the siding of the house. Three weeks later, Mr. E. helped these mysterious creatures into a comfy wooden box in his garden and began to live the lifelong dream of herding millions of stinging insects and collecting their sweet honey. Please enjoy the adventures of Mr. E's Mysterious Bees.





September 3, 2011

cyberbee

A beekeeping friend posted this link on the San Francisco Beekeepers site. I have been looking at it for days now. It is full of amazing photos and information on bees from all over the world. I was particularly interested in the adaptations some bees have made to the varroa mite problem. I posted two of the photos describing these adaptations. Look on the site for more...

"cyberbee.msu.edu is a service provided by Zachary Huang, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Formerly called www.cyberbee.net (which is now synonymous with cyberbee.msu.edu), the site was established as a portal for honey bee related information, which include honey bee biology, research and beekeeping."






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