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<span style="font-size:22px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Mid Winter 2019 Newsletter NY Bee Wellness </span></span><br>
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<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">Check your bees & feed!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:15px;"><span style="color:#0000CD;">Weather reports</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:15px;"><span style="color:#0000CD;">Sticky boards</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">Fall Survey results!</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:15px;"><span style="color:#0000CD;">Mandatory Hive Registration</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:15px;"><span style="color:#0000CD;">Michael Palmer's Website</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:15px;"><span style="color:#0000CD;">NEW research links</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:15px;"><span style="color:#0000CD;">Apimondia</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">AFB Vaccine?</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">AFB Dogs</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">Varroa & SHB news</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="color:#0000FF;">Nosema volunteers</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:15px;"><span style="color:#0000CD;">Jan USDA Honey Report</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:15px;"><span style="color:#0000CD;">Bee Forward shirt</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:15px;"><span style="color:#0000CD;">Links</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:15px;"><span style="color:#0000CD;">Donate</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:15px;"><span style="color:#0000CD;">Quiz Yourself!</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:15px;"><span style="color:#0000CD;">Weird brood?</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Stay Warm!</span></span></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Check your bees when the weather breaks. Make sure they have enough feed and ventilation; you may have to "center" the cluster if they are against the one side of the hive, and redistribute honey frames.</span></strong><br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Use only solid feed now</span></strong><br>
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<span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=aa376fb28c&e=a766082de2" title="Candy board recipe" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Candy Board recipe</a>- Z. Huang<br>
Making <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=85d0e0e83e&e=a766082de2" title="candy boards" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">candy boards</a><br>
<a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=02f33eb075&e=a766082de2" title="winter prep" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Winter Prep</a>- Extension.org<br>
Wintering : <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=b365251a6b&e=a766082de2" title="NYBW winter page" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NY Bee Wellness page</a><br>
Medhat Nasr: <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=3460863f93&e=a766082de2" title="Nasr" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Biology of Wintering Bees</a></span>
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<span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">NOAA Climate Prediction Center <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=944fa0e3a6&e=a766082de2" title="maps" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000FF;">monthly and seasonal maps</span></a></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Analyses for Industry,Turf Grass, Apple Frost Risk, Grape Bud Hardiness, Roadway Freezing/Thawing, Heating Degree Days, Mosquito Control, Extreme Precipitation, East Coast Winter Storm, Pest & Crop Management,<br>
Emerald Ash Borer, Gypsy Moth, Lawn Watering, Stewart's Disease Risk, Climate Resources</span></span>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><strong><span style="font-size:18px;">So, where's the cluster at? </span></strong><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Are they alive?</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Using an 11x17 piece of white posterboard paper coated with some adhesive material, make grid lines for ease of tallying any varroa mites spotted.<br>
- 3 day sticky boards (divide by 3 for an average 1 day count, ideally should be less than 12 varroa mites). You can use <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=166bfb8f57&e=a766082de2" title="stickyboard" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">posterboard coated with petroleum jelly</a> (use a mini paint roller) with wide mesh screening for hives that do not have a screened bottom board.<br>
The screening must have mesh big enough for varroa mites to fall through<br>
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Sticky board from a screened bottom board on the <strong>LEFT</strong>;<br>
Sticky board with screening from the floor of the hive, on the<strong> RIGHT</strong></span></div>
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<p style="margin:10px 0;padding:0;color:#202020;font-family:Helvetica;font-size:16px;line-height:150%;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><strong>Highlights:</strong> Very poor early Spring weather resulted in lower survival, with many hives “limping” out of Spring 2018 resulting in delays of adequate brood patterns and honey yields pushed back by at least a month. The silver lining for this is reduced varroa mite counts for many hives.<br>
Rainfall was very localized and scattershot, with some regions receiving adequate rain and good honey harvest, while others received too much or too little rain. Many beekeepers replenished their stocks by two-fold, with a greater number of beekeepers creating their own nucs or splits. There was a loss of about 15% of new hives, which may be due to : lack of beekeeper experience, swarming, new split/nuc failure, poor weather, sales of nucs, etc.<br>
Close to 45% of beekeepers still do not monitor varroa mite levels, checking the counts can help to assess hive health and dynamics.</span><br>
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<div><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"> <font size="5"><font size="3"> <font size="2">This is a serious issue that will affect all NYS beekeepers.</font></font></font></span></span></div>
<div><font size="5"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"> Unfortunately few beekeepers are aware of the undertaking to reinstate mandatory registration (which was <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=105b9c6743&e=a766082de2" title="repeal" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">repealed in 2010</a>), and that most beekeepers are being kept woefully uninformed and is some instances misinformed.</span></span></font></div>
<div><font size="5"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">What many would like to see is for the State of New York to provide services for <strong>all </strong>beekeepers, with no strings attached, and release information about disease info, spraying, and other programs which may affect honey bees such as tick control measures using pesticides-- all info which Albany possesses.<strong> A hive and frame fumigation chamber centrally located in NYS would be extremely helpful in controlling pathogens.</strong></span></span></font></div>
<div><font size="5"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"> There is a website with an <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=e17814a2bd&e=a766082de2" title="petition" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">online petition </a>, <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=fe7d0b70f3&e=a766082de2" title="map" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">map of petition signatures,</a> press articles, <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=a939078e2f&e=a766082de2" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Q&A page</a>, <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=30f7a6ddcd&e=a766082de2" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">comments page</a>, and contact info for your representatives.</span></span></font></div>
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<li><strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Keep hive and apiary registration voluntary in NYS.</span></span></strong></li>
<li><strong><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Provide notification and communication of county spraying for mosquitoes, use of bee toxic substances for tick abatement, and outbreaks of honey bee disease such as American Foulbrood, for all beekeepers and the general public.</span></span></strong></li>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">*NOTE: A 2/3 majority vote is necessary for passage of a resolution. There are about 2400 active NOFA-NY members.<br>
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An online Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:comic sans ms, marker felt-thin, arial, sans-serif;">Winter storms have not slowed traffic on BEE-L, where topics of discussion ranged from <strong>domestication of the honey bee, aggression of the European black bee (Amm), locally adapted stock, debate of beekeeping and beekeeper ethics, and observations that package prices have gone through the roof!</strong><br>
The discussion of <strong>honey bee stocks</strong> may have set an all-time record for length of discussion! Debated was the question of whether there are truly distinct races left in the US, if not the world. Distinctions between yellow Italians and darker Carniolans may have been blurred by years of migration and importation of packages, not to mention the unknown outcome of melting pot queens open mating with multiple drones of unknown ancestry. Geographic obstacles like mountains and large bodies of water are no match for semis and the USPS!<br>
Regardless speculation of a more or less homogeneous gene pool, many expressed preference for one race over another. Southern producers claim Italian lineage, West coast producers are more preferred to darker bees such as the New World Carniolan. And many discussed the pros and cons of the European Dark Bee (Apis mellifera mellifera (Amm)), reputed to be fierce though some say it is a workable bee with many virtues. Some claim there are still pockets of pure Amm. In the Southeast US, where beekeepers bemoan how they are hot and very undesirable. However, there are some in the British Isles striving to breed a purer strain of Amm, culling “yellow characteristics” and vilifying those who bring in genetic material that may impede the purification efforts. Some beekeepers like Italians, some keepers like Buckfasts. In England, Brother Adam is both saint and Abbey goat! His strain was heralded as the savior of British beekeeping, yet others curse the pollution of the gene pool.<br>
Which brings this article to beekeeping and<strong> beekeeper ethics</strong>. Is it ethical or moral for one beekeeper to bring in genetic material contrary to a neighboring beekeeper’s efforts to isolate a specific genetic configuration? Is it moral or ethical for a commercial beekeeper to set down a holding yard of 100 or 200 hives next to a hobbyist yard of 10 or 20 hives? What are the implications of 3 beekeepers setting up 3 yards within a 1-mile radius? It’s fine if the carrying capacity of the 1-mile radius is 20 hives, but what if each beekeeper wants 15 hives? How shall be resolved the 15-hive excess?<br>
The “tragedy of the commons” discussion also tackled the conflict between invasive species such as <strong>Japanese knotweed,</strong> star thistle, purple loosetrife and others, and environmentalists who observe the species are invasive! The invasive species provide good forage for honey bees but get the environmentalists’ panties bunched! Unresolved. Ironically, the discussion of invasive species was fueled by invasive Europeans with invasive honey bees in tow, who stole a continent from indigenous people. Truly a tragedy of the commons.<br>
Finally, there was a discussion of <strong>the shocking rise in the price of package bees</strong>. Some vendors are charging upwards of $170 for a 3-lb package! Speculation included supply and demand, possibly the dissolution of a major player (Brushy Mountain), acquisition of another player (Kelley Bees), and major losses by some suppliers. The speculation was tempered by the opinion that the product is worth the price (based on the price of honey). Hopefully the high price of packages will encourage beekeepers to take better care of their stock!<br>
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Aaron Morris, BEE-L Owner/Editor/Moderator</span><br>
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Insects Journal has a Special Issue <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=4877071bcd&e=a766082de2" title="Insect journal" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Honey Bee Research in the US: Current State and Solutions to Beekeeping Problems"</a><br>
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<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><a class="ydpae7f8264yiv8813096584title-link" href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=f4a524e944&e=a766082de2" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus: Honey Bee Queen–Worker Interaction and Potential Virus Transmission Pathways</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><a class="ydpae7f8264yiv8813096584title-link" href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=793d327918&e=a766082de2" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Initial Exposure of Wax Foundation to Agrochemicals Causes Negligible Effects on the Growth and Winter Survival of Incipient Honey Bee (<em>Apis mellifera</em>) Colonies</a> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Is the Brood Pattern within a Honey Bee Colony a Reliable Indicator of Queen Quality? </span></li>
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<span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=3aec1a7f52&e=a766082de2" title="coloss" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000FF;">Proceedings from the international group COLOSS</span></a> (Prevention of Honey Bee <strong>CO</strong>lony <strong>LOSS</strong>). Honey bee research association. Abstracts begin on page 11.<br>
Some entries:<br>
<em>3. Investigating colony-level health traits in Canada's honey bee population<br>
4. Honey bee dependence on wild flowers in an agricultural landscape<br>
13. Monitoring Sensitivity to Amitraz Helps Maintain our Arsenal of Anti-Varroa Weapons <br>
20. What tools do we need to tackle SHB in different stages of invasion?</em> </span>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>We may not have a world class beekeeping event this close for many years. The last Apimondia in North America was in Vancouver Canada in 1999.<br>
Reserve your hotel room now, you can always cancel later</strong></span> if you need to.<br>
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<a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=10bab64bc8&e=a766082de2" style="color:#2BAADF;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Apimondia 2019- a power point about this great event</strong></a><br>
by Dr. Pierre Giovenazzo, Université Laval, Apimondia 2019 </span><br>
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<span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"> To Register under NY Bee Wellness, use:</span>
<div><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><strong>PASSWORD: APIAMBPROG2019 </strong></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><strong>Ambassador's Identification Code: 0009</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Can we have an <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=5a76f20935&e=a766082de2" title="dog" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AFB Sniffing Dog</a> in New York?</strong></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:13px;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Mack has been trained to detect the scent of dead bee larva. According to Preston, “Larva that die from the AFB bacteria have a specific scent.” Unlike human inspectors, who must open the colonies to examine the inside, Mack sniffs the outside of beehives and sits to alert Preston when he’s found a trace of AFB. “Mack can complete more inspections than humans, and he can also inspect colonies during cold weather, when colonies cannot be opened for human inspections,” says Preston. </span></span>
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<span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Here is an organization that trains dogs for invasive species detection: </span><br>
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<span style="font-size:12px;">For decades, scientists have assumed that varroa mites feed on honeybee hemolymph (blood). But a new study suggests that these parasites instead have a voracious appetite for a honeybee organ called the <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=1b49c5b4eb&e=a766082de2" style="color:#007C89;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fat body</a>, which serves many of the same vital functions carried out by the human liver, while also storing food and contributing to bees’ immune systems.<br>
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<span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">Beekeepers and researchers will welcome the unveiling of the small hive beetle’s genome by Agricultural Research Service (<a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=2f2d39af93&e=a766082de2" style="color:#006600;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ARS</a>) scientists and their colleagues. The small hive beetle (SHB) is a major parasite problem of honey bees for which there are few effective treatments.<br>
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2) Healthy Bees, Meghan Milbrath (MSU)<br>
3) Nosema & Varroa Mites Randy Oliver<br>
4) The Times They are a Changin', Randy Oliver<br>
5) Mite resistant queen stock , Meghan Milbrath (MSU)<br>
6) Biology of Wintering Bees, Medhat Nasr PhD, Alberta<br>
7)Proactive Beekeeping, Medhat Nasr PhD<br>
8)"What is Killing Our Bees" Medhat Nasr PhD</span></span> <span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;"></span></span>
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<span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;">*<a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=4e2042c8b8&e=a766082de2" title="NE Pollinator Partnership" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000FF;"> Northeast Pollinator Partnership</span></a>- a citizen science project creating a deeper understanding of the value of wild bees </span><br>
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<span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="color:#000000;">* Northeastern IPM Center</span><span style="color:#0000FF;"> </span><a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=c470a43f48&e=a766082de2" title="IPM Insights" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000FF;">link to IPM Insights: Invasive species</span></a></span><br>
<div style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="color:#000000;">* Northern Bee Network -</span><span style="color:#0000FF;"> </span><a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=2bc4e1d2be&e=a766082de2" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000FF;">www.northernbeenetwork.org</span></a><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=fe0f0b4557&e=a766082de2" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a>(anyone from any state can sign up and join for free!)<br>
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* Varroa resources - </span><a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=8ee60d5fb7&e=a766082de2" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000FF;">https://pollinators.msu.edu/resources/beekeepers/ ,includes the Sugar ROLL technique</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=f7fbfb8d9c&e=a766082de2" title="Journey North" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000FF;">* Journey North!-</span></a> Follow and help plot the the mapped signs of Fall!/ or<span style="color:#0000FF;"> </span><a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=12432d1fae&e=a766082de2" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000FF;">The National Phenology Program</span></a></span><br>
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<span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">*</span><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=097c89e093&e=a766082de2" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">Bee Health app</span></span></a></span></span><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;">-</span><span style="font-family:georgia, times, times new roman, serif;"><span style="background-color:#FFFFFF;"> Alberta Agriculture, focuses on honey bee diseases- for <strong>SMART PHONES!<br>
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*</strong> <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=c5250729f5&e=a766082de2" title="Borst" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000CD;">Peter Borst's collection</span></a> of written articles on various topics</span></span><br>
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<li style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Bees can be checked for mites: scoop up 1/2 cup of bees (~300 bees) and do an <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=3479cafb7a&e=a766082de2" title="Alcohol wash" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#40E0D0;">alcohol wash</span></a></strong></span></li>
<li style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><strong>Toss out old frames or frames with dead brood- have a bonfire (check <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=4831c0840d&e=a766082de2" title="DEC Open Burn" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#40E0D0;">NYS DEC Rules</span></a>), Recommended to replace 20% of very old comb</strong></span> <span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>with new comb/frames </strong></span></li>
<li style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><strong>Download the <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=60d144494d&e=a766082de2" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#40E0D0;">Bee Health App</span></a> to diagnose or the <a href="https://nybeewellness.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=84212338dd107852d694d9b24&id=7f53dc398c&e=a766082de2" style="color:#656565;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="color:#40E0D0;">Field Guide to Honey Bees and their Maladies</span></a></strong></span></li>
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