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Home and Garden: Native bees

  • By Charlie Vanden Heuvel Columbia Gorge Beekeepers Association
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Free: This story appeared in Columbia Gorge News' June 24 Home and Garden section.

Of late there is a growing conversation concerning Native Bees versus the European Honey Bee. In order to arrive at an appreciation of these two differing segments of the insect world, one must delve into the behavior of each.

Varoa destructor mite
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Varoa destructor mite

  • By CHARLIE VANDEN HEUVEL Columbia Gorge Beekeepers Association
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The Varroa destructor mite is the number one killer of honey bees. It first infected Asian Honey Bees (Apis cerana) hundreds of years ago. As …

Honey Bee Invasions
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Honey Bee Invasions

  • CHARLIE VANDEN HEUVEL Columbia Gorge Beekeepers Association
  • Updated

The Columbia Gorge region is blessed with significant agricultural plots of land. From berry farms to orchards the landscape is blanketed with flora as the buds open to flowers in hopes of pollination.