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JIM MASUCCI'S ARTICLES AND PODCAST
Articles:
Managing Varroa Mites – Lessons from Large Scale Trials. American Bee Journal volume 159 no. 20: 1375-1379 (December 2019)
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Developing double-stranded RNA as a New Varroa Control Product.
American Bee Journal volume 160 no. 6: 685-690 (June 2020)
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Podcast
The Well Managed Hive: January 3, 2020 https://thewellmanagedhive.podbean.com/
VARROA MITES AND HIVE HEALTH
https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/varroa/
https://beecare.bayer.com/lp-varroa
https://beecare.bayer.com/media-center/publications
https://beeinformed.org/
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Honey Bee Diseases (Ben Sallmann and Rob Snyder), © 2014 Bee Informed Partnership, Inc.
Summary:
Most newbies look at the bees, not at the brood. This field manual of ~40 pages has beautiful pictures of the diseases you should be looking for and provides background and treatments for the most common diseases you’ll encounter. The website shows some examples of the pictures. Available at many beekeeping supply companies.
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RECOMMENDED READING
The Beekeeper’s Lament by Hannah Nordhaus
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Tells the story of commercial beekeeping following John Miller of Miller Honey Farms.
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What’s happening to our bees – my view on the honeybee situation written in 2017.
RECOMMENDED VIDEOS
Sustainable Apiary by Mike Palmer
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Honey Bee Democracy by Tom Seeley
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Funny: How honeybees helped me answer four of life’s most important questions by Jamie Ellis
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Seminar Series from meetings: Great for winter days when you are wishing you could get into your hives.
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National Honey Show: has all types of topics relevant to beekeepers
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