The Buzz: Issue 3 "Where No Bee Has Gone Before" Edition 🖖

Insulated hives buried under snow, sunny day with trees in background. — *A blanket of snow to keep the hives warm through January in Manitoba (photo courtesy of Jim Campbell)*

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This Month's Features:

Melissa's Musings 2: May Musings

What do bees think of Star Trek? Find out directly from Melissa, queen of the bees!

January Fireside with John Russell

John Russell's regular State of the Hive.

Question of the Month

Pollen harvesting and hive health: what you need to know.

Find Our Queens!

A word search to help keep you distracted until the thaw.

New Products!

A collection featuring some of the latest and greatest.

Got Mead?

An introductory look at mead making (with a beginner friendly recipe 🥂)

News and Miscellany

New Year, New Canadian, New Skincare Supplies

Over the holidays we made our announcements on social media that we'll be carrying new skin cream products from someone new to Canada! Already available for ordering, read more here

Achievement Unlocked: Nuclear Fusion Gains

An exciting experimental first and potentially a major milestone for the world, this breakthrough may lead to dramatic impacts on the environment (and its bees!) by reducing the occurrence of negative effects related to more traditional forms of energy production. Explore details at Phys.org: "Giant laser from 'Star Trek' to be tested in fusion breakthrough" (external link)

Beekeeping Hobbyist Program!

Still time left to register! Registration scheduled to close at 4:00 pm on Friday, January 13, 2022 as of the date of publication of this issue. Learn more on the University of Manitoba website here (external link)

Science and Tech

Article: "Bees in Space!", Science Center of Iowa (external link)

Spoilers: Honeybees have been to space (in numbers exceeding humans 🚀)

Research: "An insect brain organizes numbers on a left-to-right mental number line", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (external link)

Researchers examine in detail whether honeybees count left to right or not.

Research Paper: "Honey bee colony loss linked to parasites, pesticides and extreme weather across the United States", Nature (external link)

Science looks for ways to help our pollinators survive 🐝

Article: "Sunflowers make bees poop—a lot. Here’s why that’s good.", National Geographic (external link)

Health foods for bees!

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