Monthly Archives: May 2012

(Japan) I apologize for not having any photographs, but I neglected to bring my camera to work. Yesterday I checked my native Japanese honey bee hive on the roof of Agriculture Building #1, Hakozaki Campus, Kyushu University and saw that … Continue reading →

(Texas) Thursday evening I headed over to Paul’s house to check on the requeened hive. I needed to confirm that the new queen had been released from her queen cage. And if not, then manually release her. It was a … Continue reading →

(Texas) Last week the queen I ordered from Bee Weaver Apiaries arrived. The plan was to requeen one of my hives at Paul’s house. Some might find it strange, a queen bee delivered in the US mail. Not only was … Continue reading →

Today I observed some interesting and different bee behavior. First of all, as I sat at my desk in my office preparing for tomorrow’s lecture, all of a sudden I noticed a Japanese honey bee flying above my desk, almost … Continue reading →