Nov 20
Simply closing the bee lab in Columbus was apparently not enough for the Ohio State University. The University has now decided to destroy the Historic Rothenbuler Lab located on the Ohio State University property in Columbus.
Dana Stahlman from the Ohio State Beekeepers Association is organizing a " Save the Building" project. Dr Tew is …
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Nov 01
So we don’t have many answers yet when it comes to CCD. We know several things it is not (cell phones, power towers, aliens…), and know a few things that may be a symptom or part of the cause (most notably IAPV and nosema). But at the end, the only thing that we really know …
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Oct 30
The official word is that the scope of the beekeeping research on the Columbus (Ohio State) campus at the Rothenbuhler Bee Laboratory has been ‘reduced’ for the present. While the OSU Entomology administration recognizes the importance and contributions of the lab, restricted funding is a fact within university systems across the US.
From those I’ve …
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Oct 27
It didn’t take long after CCD hit the all the media outlets for the first person to try and take advantage of the hype. Early this year, before anyone even had any evidence to suspect anything more concrete than little green men, someone was advertising CCD proof bees in one of the beekeeping magazines. Amazing …
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May 17
As I’m sure most in the US already know, the Post Office recently raised the cost of a First Class stamp from 39 to 41 cents. They also raised the cost of most of their other services significantly. This especially affects priority and express mail which in turn affects the cost to ship honey and …
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May 08
Any other beekeeper out there sick and tired about hearing this ‘mysterious’ bee disease, CCD (Colony colapse disorder?). The coverage has been overwhelming from national to local TV coverage (on every network including PBS), radio and newspapers down the small local papers. And it seems to be increasing with attention from even the US congress. …
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May 04
The image to the right is NOT, I repeat, NOT a honey bee. Nor has anyone figured out how to get honey out of them. It is rather a yellow jacket, a type of wasp. They are the stinging insect that hangs around garbage cans at amusement parks and ball games, especially in the fall, …
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Oct 03
I wondered how long it would take before spammers found this blog. Turns it it only took a little over a month before I started getting spam as comments. Fortunately comments are moderated. As is the Beekeeping Resource Directory, which typicaly gets 1 or 2 spam entries per day . It’s nothing new, but …
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Oct 02
Tis that time of year again. Every October 1st. That’s the day when our companies (my day job‘s) health care plan is renewed or switched if they can find a better rate. The rate aways goes up, often many times the rate of inflation. Several years ago the company decided it could no longer …
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Sep 25
It has been a quite some time since I was directly affected by minimum wage. The last time I had a minimum wage job, or one based on minimum wage, was when I worked in the computer labs of the University of Toledo. It helped pay the room, board and tuition, but was far …
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