Escarosa Beekeepers Association

The Escarosa Beekeepers Association is established to help area beekeepers. Our members reside in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton Counties in Florida as well as surrounding counties in Alabama. Our monthly meetings are held in Pensacola, FL. We are comprised of individuals and families, young and old, who share an interest in beekeeping, pollination, honey production, and other products of the beehive.
Escarosa Beekeepers Association Meetings
Join Us:
Meetings are the Second Tuesday Each Month Except Workshop months January, May,
No meeting on December
Meeting Time
6:30 to 7:00 Mentor Hobnob
7:00 to 8:30 Meeting Time
No meeting on December
Meeting Time
6:30 to 7:00 Mentor Hobnob
7:00 to 8:30 Meeting Time
Location:
3740 Stefani Road
Pensacola, FL 32533
3740 Stefani Road
Pensacola, FL 32533
People, Plants and PollinatorsThis is a great video for Honeycomb Production
Just Added!
Dr. Jamie Ellis discusses the history, symptoms and treatments for theSmall Hive beetle (18min 12sec)
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New! Varroa mite video. (25min 22sec) ************************************
New! Trachael Mite video. (19min 11sec) ************************************
New! Nosema video.(15min 15sec)
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New! American & European Foulbrood.(15min 32sec) For more info from University of Florida Extension
including the Beginning and Master Beekeepers Program
go to
Dr. Keith Delaplane Video, University of Georgia
Dr. Keith Delaplane Video, University of Georgia
| IN THE NEWS Highly Contagious Honey Bee Virus Highly Contagious Honey Bee Virus Transmitted by Mites
ScienceDaily (June 7, 2012)— Researchers at the University of Sheffield have discovered a parasitic mite has caused the deformed wing virus to proliferate in honey bee colonies. This association is now thought to contribute to the world-wide spread and probable death of millions of honey bee colonies. The current monetary value of honey bees as commercial pollinators in the United States alone is estimated at about $15-$20 billion annually. The research conducted in Hawaii by researchers from the University of Sheffield, the Marine Biological Association, the Food and Environment Research Agency and the University of Hawaii, and reported in the journal Science, showed how the Varroa mite caused deformed wing virus (DWV) -- a known viral pathogen -- to increase its frequency among honey bee colonies from 10 per cent to 100 per cent. This change was accompanied by a million-fold increase in the number of virus particles infecting each honey bee and a massive reduction in viral strain diversity leading to the emergence of a single virulent DWV strain. Dr Stephen Martin, of the University of Sheffield's Department of Animal and Plant Sciences said: "Just 2,000 mites can cause a colony containing 30,000 bees to die. The mite is the biggest problem worldwide for bee keepers; it's responsible for millions of colonies being killed. "Understanding the changing viral landscape that honey bees and other pollinators face will help beekeepers and conservationists worldwide protect these important insects. We have discovered what happens at the start of an infection. The goal is to understand how the infection comes about so that we can control it. "Deformed Wing Virus is naturally transmitted in bees through feeding or sex but the mites change the disease so it becomes more deadly, shortening the bees' lives." As the mite and new virulent strain of the virus becomes established across the Hawaiian Islands the new emerging viral landscape will mirror that found across the rest of the world where the Varroa mite is now established. This ability of a mite to permanently alter the honey bee viral landscape may by a key factor in the recent colony collapse disorder (CCD) and over-wintering colony losses (OCL) as the virulent pathogen strain remains even after the mites are removed. Beekeepers are now officially FARMERS Beekeepers are now officially FARMERS and protected under HB 7215 Passed (signed by Governor 6-23-11) providing penalties for the theft of bee colonies of registered beekeepers; redefining the term "farmer" to include a person who grows or produces honey; redefining the term "farm theft" to include the unlawful taking possession of equipment and associated materials used to grow or produce certain farm products. VIEW BILL Questions about Honey Labels??? Go to: Florida Beekeepers.org - Cottage Foods
ScienceDaily (Mar. 30, 2012) — ![]() this excerpt taken from page 72 "Honey bees select a new colony site as the last stage of swarming, or colony reproduction. Colonies generally swarm in late spring, when the old colony has an excess of workers and has become overcrowded. At that time a majority of the workers leave the nest with a queen and form a cluster, usually under an overhanging limb or in a snarl of branches. The swarm then faces a critical problem; it must quickly find a new nest site before the workers run out of honey carried in their honey stomachs or the swarm population will begin to dwindle as workers die. The swarm also has to choose a site in which the new colony can survive and grow for many years." Read more about honey bee swarms from our BEEINFO page. |
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