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• Posted Make a Natural History Photo Journal to Bee Squad Beelog
  April Activity (New Activities suggested Monthly) Natural History Journal: Buds, Leaves and Pollen The days are getting longer and everyone notices. Canada geese are visiting the newly opened water on our lakes and wet lands, sugaring buckets are attached to...
• Posted Time for Pollen Patties to Bee Squad Beelog
  Importance of a Protein Supplement (Pollen Patty) Bees are vegetarians obtaining their protein needs from pollen, the male reproductive part of a flower. In addition to protein, pollen provides lipids, vitamins, minerals, and sterols (cholesterol is an example) that are...
• Posted Colony Design and Photo Contest to Bee Squad Beelog
  Announcing Bee Squad Participant colony design and photo contest. We look forward to seeing how you design and paint your hives. Keep in mind that your apiary setting, including location and surrounding landscaping, will have an impact on your...
• Posted Expanded Learning-Thermoregulation to Bee Squad Beelog
  Thermoregulation of the Honey Bee Colony Individual bees are ectothermic animals, meaning their internal temperature varies with the ambient environmental temperature. A colony of bees acts more like an endothermic animal because it can tightly regulate the temperature inside...
• Posted Open Up a Honey Bee Colony with Dr. Marla Spivak and Lynne Rossetto Kasper! to Bee Squad Beelog
  Enjoy this past episode of The Splendid Table hosted by Lynne Rossetto Kasper where she visits Dr. Marla Spivak in the U of MN Saint Paul Campus Apiary. Dr. Spivak talks about both the biology of the honey bee...
• Posted Dr. Marla Spivak Weighs in on the Importance of Wild Bees to Bee Squad Beelog
  Read or listen here how Dr. Marla Spivak, head of the U of MN Bee Lab and Bee Squad founder, comments on the relationship between honey and wild bee pollination and the importance of keeping all bee populations healthy....
• Posted Honey Bee Colony Shortage in California to Bee Squad Beelog
  The news from California about the availability of honey bee colonies for pollination is not good. There is a honey bee colony shortage and it is poised to impact the almond growers. Click here to learn more from Capital Public...
• Posted Pick a Bee! Which U of MN Bee Squad logo do you like the best? to Bee Squad Beelog
  Pick your favorite U of MN Bee Squad logo here! Just sign in with Facebook to vote....
• Posted Dr. Marla Spivak and What's the Buzz? to Bee Squad Beelog
  Need a reason to join the Friends of University of Minnesota Librairies? Dr. Marla Spivak will be speaking at a member exclusive event at the U of MN Campus Club on February 24th, 2013. Click here for more information!...
• Posted New Friendships at the ABF to Bee Squad Beelog
  The American Beekeeper Federation National Conference was held in conjunction with the American Bee Research Conference this January in Hershey Pennsylvania. These two events brought beekeepers and bee researchers from all over the world under one roof to share...
• Posted Beekeeper Bob Sums Up Our Need For Bees to Bee Squad Beelog
  Beekeeper Bob (Bob Sitko of Stillwater, MN) shared his recent publication in the St. Paul Pioneer Press with us. Bob describes a very different world without the pollination that honey bees provide. Thanks to Bob for supporting bees by...
• Posted Dr. Spivak at the 2013 ABF Conference to Bee Squad Beelog
  Dr. Marla Spivak presenting a talk at the American Beekeeping Federation Conference (January 8th-12th, 2013) in Hershey, PA....
• Posted Checking on the Bees to Bee Squad Beelog
  These warm sunny January days are a blessing for both us and the bees. The high temperature today in St. Paul was 36 when the sun was shining. The winter wraps around our northern colonies trap this much needed heat...
• Posted Snowbees to Bee Squad Beelog
  A wintery view of our Teaching Apiary! Bees all huddled inside their colonies, keeping the queen warm, feasting on the golden honey of summer, and waiting for warmer days to come....
• Posted Beekeeping in Northern Climates Short Course! to Bee Squad Beelog
  March 2 - 3, 2013 This course is for beginning beekeepers. If you have kept bees before, please enroll in the April course. We have had to turn a number of people away in recent years due to over-enrollment. Please,...
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• Posted We have Bee-gun to Bee Squad Beelog
  Welcome to the Bee Squad Beelog. The Bee Squad crew invites you to check in and see what fantastic adventures we are having helping you help bees. Before this morning's snow bees enjoyed some crab trees in full bloom near...