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2014: Midland talk
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2008: Combing for clues
2007: CCD Research
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Staghorn sumac 07/06/2018
Tweet Family: Anacardiaceae Genus: Rhus Species: R. typhina Common name: Staghorn sumac ZBAS: 8 I just noticed that this flower is basically done recently. It is difficult in summer (swarm control bee checking today!) to keep it up with flowers if I were to write on every flowers as they bloom! (still get red clover, alsike […]
Crown Vetch 07/06/2018
Tweet Family： Fabaceae Genus： Securigera Species： S. varia Common names： Crown vetch ZBAS* Honey bees 3, bumble bees 8 This flower is actually quite pretty. They remind me of my home town’s Chinese milkvetch which has the same shape of flowers but is a bit more red. It grows here by the road side and […]
Basswood 07/05/2018
Tweet Family： Malvaceae Genus： Tillia Species： Around 45 species worldwide Common names： Basswood, linden tree ZBAS 10 The first time I saw basswood (linden tree, Tillia) blooming this year, it was June 16, it is probably a different species from what I have here today. Right now all T. americana are done, T. tormentosa is […]
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 […]

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