The Research Buzz (Archive)
Welcome to The Research Buzz, a column summarizing some of the newest and coolest in honey bee research.
Each Research Buzz highlights five new studies. These articles are also published in the Mass Bee newsletter.
Spring 2021: Pesticides in pollen, best management practices for beekeepers, screened bottom boards, and a honey bee textbook for veterinarians
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Spring 2021
Fall 2020: Crop pollination, propolis-friendly hives, feral mites, disease tramission at flowers, and a newly observed bumble bee behavior
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Summer 2020: Apiary design, screened bottom boards, bee dialects, and simple backyard bee habitat improvements
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Spring 2020: Pesticide results from the 2018 MA Hobbyist Honey Bee Health Survey (you can read the full research report here)
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Winter 2019: "Mite bombs", viral transmission, contaminated wax foundation, varroa-neonic interactions and a new pesticide guide
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Fall 2019: NASS Survey suspension, neonic-treated soybean seeds, Varroa transmission via flowers, amino acids and sexual competition
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Summer 2019: Neonics and in-hive behavior, hive spacing, protein supplements, almond pollination, and entomophagy.
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Spring 2019: Varroa biology, queen quality, a new honey bee manual, and the lunar eclipse.
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Deep dive: Varroa mites feed on fat body tissue not hemolymph (Ramsey et al. 2019)
Deep dive: Comparing Northern and Southern Queens (Döke et al. 2018)
Deep dive: Can brood pattern tell us about queen quality? (Lee et al. 2019)
