Cherokee Beekeepers Club

What does honey look like in space?

beeadminMarch 29, 2017

Here is an astronaut “pouring” honey on the International Space Station. Enjoy. Share this beekeeping info:Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on X…

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Giant Honeybees exhibit special behavior to repel predators

beeadminMarch 28, 2017

Unlike the honeybees that beekeepers keep in their hives in order to collect honey, the Giant Honeybee has evolved a special defense mechanism to defend their open-air hives from birds and hornets. Against predatory wasps, including hornets, they display highly coordinated Mexican wave-like cascades termed…

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Installing Packages and Making Splits 2017

beeadminMarch 15, 2017

The Cherokee Bee Club’s Next Meeting Will Be: Date: Saturday, March 18th, 2017 Time: 8:00am – 11:00am NEW TIME due to rain: 2pm to 5pm Location: 592 Town Creek Drive, Canton, GA 30115 Presenter: Various Topic: Installing Packages and Making Splits 2:00pm – Welcome –…

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Feed your bees with an axe

beeadminMarch 13, 2017

Here in Georgia, I wonder if this would work with our Maple or Beech trees? Share this beekeeping info:Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to…

Humor

Is there a computer and beekeeping cross over?

beeadminMarch 7, 2017

The XKCD comic strip thinks so. Click here to read the entire comic strip: xkcd v1439 Share this beekeeping info:Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click…

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Agriculture site worried wild bee populations out of sync with needs

beeadminFebruary 24, 2017

Wild bees are a precious natural resource we should celebrate and protect,” Ricketts says. “If managed with care, they can help us continue to produce billions of dollars in agricultural income and a wonderful diversity of nutritious food. Of particular concern, some crops most dependent…

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America’s largest beekeeper struggling to keep hive numbers up

beeadminFebruary 17, 2017

Mr. Adee (pronounced Ay-Dee) is America’s largest beekeeper, and this is his busy season. Some 92,000 hives had to be deployed before those buds burst into blossom so that his bees could get to the crucial work of pollination. Whatever the reason, in the year…

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Study suggests commercial bumble bee industry amplified a fungal pathogen of bees

beeadminFebruary 10, 2017

Bumble bees are closely related to honey bees. Both are affected by various Nosema bacteria. What can we learn from the bumble bee research that can apply to honey bees? “We used molecular techniques to screen thousands of bumble bees to track Nosema infections before…

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Robotic droids test replacing pollinating bees

beeadminFebruary 10, 2017

The horrific worst-case scenario: all bees are gone. What would the world do? Turn to robotic drones according to one Japanese researcher. The artificial pollinators described in today’s study are manually controlled via a remote control. In the future, the researchers hope to use a…