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Bird’s foot trefoil 06/20/2018
Tweet Bird’s foot trefoil has been blooming for a while. It is a legume so that it fixes nitrogen just like the white clover. Honey bees will forage on it frequently. Mostly observed for pollen, but may also produce some honey from this plant. Family： Fabaceae Genus： Lotus Species： Lotus corniculatus Other names： eggs and […]
Catalpa is blooming 06/18/2018
Tweet Family: Bignoniaceae Genus: Catalpa Species: C. speciosa Other names: catawba ZBAS 7 I noticed that the catalpa trees have been blooming in Okemos for a few days. I took a few more pictures 3 days ago, but saw no bees on them. I checked my huge library of bee photos and found a few […]
White clover 06/17/2018
TweetZachary Huang, Michigan State University Family: Fabaceae Genus: Trifolium Species: T. repens Common names: Dutch clover, Ladino clover, or Ladino ZBAS*: 8 If one asks me what is the most important bee plant in Michigan, I would have to answer that it is this plant. My estimate would be that this plant contributes 40-50% of […]
Desert false indigo 05/25/2018
Tweet Family: Fabaceae Subfamily: Faboideae Genus: Amorpha Species: A. fruticosa Common names desert false indigo false indigo-bush bastard indigobush Zach’s bee attractiveness scale (ZBAS) 8 This flower was native to US but I saw it first time in China. When I saw it loaded with honey bees I asked my friend to stop his car and […]
Feeding bees and Varroa Biology 03/10/2018
TweetThese are the two handouts I promised today at the ANR week: Honey Bee Nutrition and Feeding Bees. Link to Bee eXtension honey bee nutrition Varroa Mite Reproductive Biology Link to Bee eXtension Varro reproductive biology Cheers, Zachary
Feeding Honey Bees 01/30/2018
Tweet Download the Feeding Honey Bees PDF Zachary Huang Department of Entomology Michigan State University A water feeder with twigs to prevent bees from drowning. Image by Zachary Huang, MSU Entomology. Introduction Honey bees, like all other animals, require essential ingredients for survival and reproduction. Most of what we know about honey bee nutrition was […]
Shootout at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens 08/12/2017
TweetAugust 8, 2017, I was invited to give a talk on honey bee photography (which I call “beetography”) to the A2B2 (Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers Club) and I suggested that I do a field trip with beekeepers who are interested in shooting bees. I thought I could take 5 people and do hands on with […]
Value of honey bees in Michigan from pollination service and honey production 01/03/2017
Tweet Value of honey bee pollination in Michigan, based on 2015 data The Western honey bee Apis mellifera plays a crucial role for US agriculture because it provides pollination for a large number of crops. The value of agricultural crops dependent on honey bee pollination was estimated to be $14.6 billion per year in the […]
Adjusting control mortality in LC50/LD50 determination using R 12/06/2016
TweetProblem: There are R codes for calculating LC50 or LD50 using 4 to 6 data points. However, none uses control mortality correction (e.g. Abbott correction). There is an ecotoxicology package which does this, but it seems hugely complex to use. Solution: In the code below, we put the last line as the control mortality (dose=0), […]
Late August honey plants: Rhus chinensis. 09/05/2016
TweetAugust and Sept is a tough time for honey bees. Goldenrod is starting but not going strong yet around late Aug so honey bees are always trying to find something good for them. Two good plants bloom around this time: China sumac and seven son’s flowers. I noticed last year (Aug 22) that a large […]

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