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OSafado- the bees belonged to a farmer cooperative, and they had about 50 boxes with at least 3 different bee species, mostly Jataí.

gone2seed- yeah. But I bet there was also sweet, sweet honey.

My urban apiary in Urbana, Illinois:

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With a back yard up against the railroad tracks, I don't have back neighbors. Makes the whole thing a lot easier!

Completely unplanned, on a recent Brazilian trip I stayed for a couple nights right next to a large stingless bee yard holding several species of native meliponines. Here are a couple shots of the...

I love the color of the Linden honey that just came in from our backyard hives, so I took a photo comparing it to the late summer wildflower harvest:

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(photo details here).

Mmmm....

Most of our North American bees are mutts to some extent, no matter what breeders sell them as.

The "Italian" bees here certainly aren't the same genetic mix as the originally named Apis...

I'm with adamf. NEVER trust a media article to report accurately on a scientific study. Never. Journalists are paid to attract eyeballs, and sensationalizing a story is a common shortcut to that end....

Yep, that's exactly it.

Nice! I presume the climate is temperate enough that they don't have to worry about africanization?

Although I don't sell my honey, I've found the Illinois State Beekeeper's Association to be generally helpful, and the State Bee Inspectors to be knowledgeable. I'd try contacting those before...

A photo from the other day:

http://alexwild.smugmug.com/Insects/Honey-Bees/i-TW2b3bb/1/M/Apis72-M.jpg

The key to taking this sort of photo is to position the flash overhead and slightly behind...

Thanks guys. Will think about T-shirts, postcards.

I've always balked at making T-Shirts, as I don't think photographs adapt to the medium quite so well as simple artwork.

You mean, like this?

http://www.alexanderwild.com/Insects/Honey-Bees/i-wgCjKLT/1/L/beeposter2-L.jpg

I'm currently working with a graphic designer to have this printed up into a simple poster...

Over 90% of the total amount of pesticides listed in that paper were Coumaphos & Fluvalinate. Miticides. To the extent that pesticides are damaging bee brood- as the PLoS paper seems to indicate-...

I wrote a blog post for Scientific American this morning summarizing the difficulties with producing organic honey:
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I really like Honey Bee Suite: http://www.honeybeesuite.com/

Thanks, Boglehead! That HuffPo story quadruped my traffic the last few days. Didn't use any of my honey bee work, though.

Thanks guys!

If you're interested in learning how to take these sorts of close-up images, myself and a couple other bug photographers are teaching a photography workshop in September:
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Hey beekeepers. I've compiled photos from my backyard hives and from a bee class I teach at the U of Illinois into a single gallery:


Bees & Beekeeping Pictures
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That's a sand wasp. Don't worry about them- although the females can technically sting, they are much more gentle than yellowjackets, hornets, or honey bees and won't sting unless picked up. I'd...

Nice pics.

Both bees are leafcutter bees (Megachilidae), as evidenced by the thick pollen scoops (=scopa) on the underside of the abdomen. I think the second one in particular is the wool carder...

Thanks! And, this is my photograph. I took it Friday afternoon.

This being the photography forum, I did not think to provide additional information.

Nonetheless, here is a profile of this...

Fuzzy, fuzzy, fuzzy:

http://www.alexanderwild.com/Insects/Bees-Wasps-and-Sawflies/i-wL779rw/1/M/apis39-M.jpg

Thanks for your kind words, SweetThing! So long as your use of my photos is educational (which 4H certainly is) and you credit the photo to my website, you are welcome to use any of my photos for the...

I don't know maculifrons, but I'll have to check out the playlist. I share lab space with some Bombus folks here at U Illinois- I'm rather fond of them myself!