Merry Christmas

Here are three stories to last you through the holidays.

varroa mites

http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/scientists-wage-war-on-varroa-mites-1.1004957

CCD

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2010/101217.htm

Bee schools

http://www.kentucky.com/2010/12/21/1574890/beekeeping-schools-offered-in.html

Happy Holidays

Sleepy bees

From Discover magazine (blog) sleep studies done on bees,

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/12/14/proved-by-science-sleepy-bees-are-sloppy-dancers/

Urban beekeeping

Here is a link sent in by Chris Westover.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/garden/09Bees.html?_r=1&emc=eta1

2010 Beekeeper Of The Year

Stella Martin of Cynthiana, Kentucky.

Meeting reminder

The next bluegrass beekeepers meeting will be Tuesday December 7.

Please remember the no perishable food donations for Gods pantry.

The mystery of the red bees

Just when I needed a bee story James Kolasa sent me one from the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/nyregion/30bigcity.html?_r=1

Bee jokes

Nothing new in bee news so here is another joke.

Here's an old one that most recently appeared in Scientific American:

A fellow dropped by to see his friend, the beekeeper.
On the way in, he passed a pig in the yard. The pig looked fine, except it had one wooden leg.
The friend asked his beekeeper buddy about this.
"We had an accident last month in the shop. A bunch of wax caught on fire. We'd have lost everything, except the pig came running up to the house, squealing and squealing to get our attention. We were able to put the fire out."
The friend didn't understand how this had anything to do with the pig having a wooden leg.
"Oh, Yea," the beekeeper continued, "Well, you know, a pig that good you don't eat all at once!"

From beekeepers home page.