I had a bee inspection the 1st week in November and we gathered some samples from each apiary to send to the bee lab.
I received a phone call from my state bee inspector yesterday saying that I did not have American Foul Brood or Africanized Honey Bees. I was very pleased with that report, […]

I was abruptly, but nicely reminded that you cannot get out of an inspection even if you have a certificate stating that the bees have already been inspected. I received that same certificate in the mail from the Florida State Dept of Plant Industry, Apiary Inspection. I called […]

There is an article that suggests a virus coming from Australia is the cause for the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Seems that the pathogen, Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus, is paralyzing the bees or at least weakening them to the point of death, that the bees are dying outside of the hive.
The bee packages, […]