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MAAREC Publication 1.1: Bees Are Beneficial
Honey bees are, perhaps, the insects with the best public image. We see them as industrious ("busy as a bee") and we appreciate their main product, honey, as setting the standard for all that is ecstatically wonderful and sweet. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0102
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MAAREC Publication 1.2: Information for Bee-Ginners
The honey bee is the only source of honey and beeswax. Bees produce more than 260 million pounds of honey and about 5 million pounds of beeswax annually in the United States. However, these are merely by-products of the honey bee. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0103
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MAAREC Publication 1.3: What Is the Africanized Honey Bee?
This fact sheet provides a brief description of the Africanized honey bee, popularly known as the "killer bee." Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0107
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MAAREC Publication 2.1: Tips on How to Handle Bees
This 2-page fact sheet provides tips on how to properly and safely handle bees. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0106
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MAAREC Publication 2.2: Beekeeping Equipment and Supplies
This fact sheet contains a listing of suppliers of beekeeping equipment and supplies. Not: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0062
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MAAREC Publication 2.3: Queen, Nuc, and Package Bee Suppliers
Listing of queen, nuc, and package bee suppliers. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0138
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MAAREC Publication 2.4: Sources of Information/Assistance for Beekeepers
This 7-page fact sheet provides contact information and publications available beekeepers. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0137
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MAAREC Publication 2.7: Keeping Bees in Populated Areas/Tips for Suburban Beekeepers
Keeping bees successfully in a populated area requires an intimate understanding of basic bee biology, property rights, and human psychology. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0105
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MAAREC Publication 3.1: Early Spring Management
Early spring management of honey bees is primarily concerned with sufficient food stores and secondly with disease and mite control. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0060
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MAAREC Publication 3.2: Fall Management
Fall management is primarily concerned with preparing honey bee colonies for winter. Successful wintering depends largely upon the condition of the colonies in the fall. Not: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0058
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MAAREC Publication 3.3: Dividing Honey Bee Colonies
It is sometimes worthwhile for a beekeeper to divide honey bee colonies to increase numbers or to make up winter losses. Dividing the colonies costs little as compared to buying package bees or established colonies. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0124
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MAAREC Publication 3.4: Swarming--Control
This 3-page fact sheet describes swarming of bees and how to prevent and control it. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0110
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MAAREC Publication 3.5: Transferring Bees
One-page fact sheet detailing how to move bees. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0108
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MAAREC Publication 3.6: Removing Bees
Bees nesting in locations inconvenient to humans are considered pests. Although valuable to a beekeeper, the homeowner has little need for a swarm that might land and cluster on his/her property. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0100
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MAAREC Publication 3.7: Bait Hives
Bait hives are an easy and inexpensive means of obtaining honey bees to start a new hive. Captured bee swarms might be used for increasing colony numbers, for starting a bee hobby or for bolstering weak colonies. Note: Not available in hard copy from the Publications Distribution Center.
Department:
Entomology
Catalog Number:
XF0109
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