{"id":128582,"date":"2024-11-21T23:50:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128582"},"modified":"2024-11-21T23:50:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T16:50:01","slug":"mites-warm-autumn-may-be-cause-of-some-honeybee-disappearances-in-mn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128582","title":{"rendered":"Mites, warm autumn may be cause of some honeybee disappearances in MN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rt-Box w-full\">\n<p class=\"rt-Text\">An additional factor made the mites worse this year, however: a warm fall that has allowed queen bees to keep laying eggs long past when they usually would, Spivak said. If the brood keeps growing after a mite treatment, the mites will keep reproducing too \u2014 and the beekeeper might not know it\u2019s happening unless they check. Apiarists should always check after a mite treatment to make sure it has worked, Spivak added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rt-Box w-full\">\n<p class=\"rt-Text\">\u201cWe don\u2019t have any way of knowing how many people this is happening to,\u201d Spivak said, because Minnesota has no beekeeper registration or tracking program. <a href=\"https:\/\/beelab.umn.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bee Lab<\/a> does offer classes for beekeepers, however, and keepers can reach out with questions at the email beelab@umn.edu.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rt-Box w-full\">\n<p class=\"rt-Text\">The mite infestations do not qualify as \u201ccolony collapse disorder,\u201d a phenomenon first reported in 2006 where hives would similarly disappear, but leave their queens behind. In those situations, bees disappeared in the summer. Scientists still don\u2019t know the exact cause of that situation, Spivak said. Annually, 30% to 40% of U.S. colonies die every winter, mostly from mites and viruses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rt-Box w-full\">\n<p class=\"rt-Text\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2024\/03\/29\/bees-boom-colony-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post recently reported<\/a> that the number of American honeybee colonies had surged, with the USDA reporting 3.8 million hives nationally in 2022. Much of that growth, however, came from Texas, which has changed its tax code to apply lower property tax rates to land where bees were raised.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rt-Box w-full\">\n<p class=\"rt-Text\">Nelson said he and his niece, who tend the bees together, don\u2019t plan to give up their backyard operation. Their original hive is still going strong, and feeding on honey the other bees left behind. They will likely start a new hive next spring, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/some-minnesota-honeybees-disappeared-this-fall-blame-mites-and-a-warm-autumn\/601184699\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An additional factor made the mites worse this year, however: a warm fall that has allowed queen bees to keep laying eggs long past when they usually would, Spivak said. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128582\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}