Husbandry

The first 20 volumes of the first English-language beekeeping journal, The American Bee Journal, has been added to the Hive and the Honeybee online library of historical beekeeping materials at Cornell’s Albert R. Mann Library.
In print since 1861, The American Bee Journal (ABJ) has featured contributions by such major apiculturists as L.L. Langstroth, Henry Alley, [...]

Beekeepers surveyed by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Apiary Inspectors of America report a total loss of about 36.1 percent of their honey bee colonies from Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) during the winter of 2007-08, up about 13.5 percent from the previous winter.
The combined survey, which was conducted by telephone interview, checked on [...]

Scientists have found a link between colony collapse disorder (CCD) in honey bees and a honey bee virus called Israeli acute paralysis virus, according to a paper published in the journal Science.
Entomologist Jeffery S. Pettis of the USDA’s Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, led the team that did genetic screening of honey bees collected [...]