An interesting study will soon be published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution. The authors provide compelling molecular evidence to support the discovery of a new sub-species of westerns honeybee (Apis mellifera) in the Xinjiang province western China. The newly identified group is related to the M lineage of bees; i.e., the dark […]
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Beware of Laying Workers
Thought I would share this learning experience. I had a hived package that was not inspected for a couple of weeks. Shoddy beekeeping on my part, since the colony was likely queenless for most (all?) of that time. Everything seemed fine on first approaching the hive for the late first inspection; bees were active and […]