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04/16/2024

Debunking wasp pollination: Wasps are comparable to bees in terms of plant interactions, body pollen and single-visit pollen deposition.

Ecological Entomology 👉https://tinyurl.com/5n8hzth5

04/16/2024

We all have some apologizing to do.

Debunking wasp pollination: Wasps are comparable to bees in terms of plant interactions, body pollen and single-visit pollen deposition.

Ecological Entomology 👉https://tinyurl.com/5n8hzth5

03/07/2024

The global atlas of edible insects: analysis of diversity and commonality contributing to food systems and sustainability.

Scientific Reports 👉https://tinyurl.com/4wrat8ak

Fig. 1. Global distribution of edible insect species by taxonomic order. Grey represents ≥ 500 species, Blue = 100–499 species, orange = 50–99 species and green 1–49 species.

02/17/2024

Honeybee or Honey Bee? Which is it?

According to Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary, “honeybee” is spelled as one word. It is common for newspapers such as the New York Times or the Washington Post to tend to use the dictionary spellings. However. in the book Anatomy of the Honey Bee from 1956, Robert E. Snodgrass wrote:

Regardless of dictionaries, we have in entomology a rule for insect common names that can be followed. It says: If the insect is what the name implies, write the two words separately; otherwise run them together. Thus we have such names as house fly, blow fly, and robber fly contrasted with dragonfly, caddicefly, and butterfly, because the latter are not flies, just as an aphislion is not a lion and a silverfish is not a fish. The honey bee is an insect and is preeminently a bee; “honeybee” is equivalent to “Johnsmith.” Likewise, honey bees and bumble bees are true bees in the order Hymenoptera, so entomologists spell them as two words, even though the dictionaries and newspapers spell them as one.

So there you have it. If you’re ever in doubt, check the ESA Common Names of Insects Database. If you can’t find what you’re looking for there, find another reputable source and check on the insect’s order, and remember this short rhyme: “If true, then two.”

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Is it Honey Bee or HoneyBee? Bed Bug or Bedbug? House Fly or Housefly?
https://entomologytoday.org/2014/05/06/is-it-honey-bee-or-honeybee-bed-bug-or-bedbug-house-fly-or-housefly/ #:~:text=In%20his%20book%20Anatomy%20of%20the%20Honey%20Bee,the%20two%20words%20separately%3B%20otherwise%20run%20them%20together.

Common Names of Insects Database
https://entsoc.org/publications/common-names

Common Names of Insects List
https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fentsoc.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2Ffiles%2FCommon_names_list_11-28-23.xlsx&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK

Is It Honey Bee or Honeybee? Bumble Bee or Bumblebee? Who Decides the Common Names of Bees?
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0005772X.2021.1982315

02/11/2024

01/10/2024

https://globalnews.ca/news/10214734/beekeepers-selling-mobile-apiary/amp/

After 10 years of beekeeping in Manitoba, they were forced to sell their bees after experiencing some health issues. It's something that brings tears to their eyes.

01/01/2024

Eat Honey on New Years Day and be Sweet All Year.
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Historical Article: Beehive Banks as New Year’s Gifts. https://www.facebook.com/share/hUE1Ddh5C7heyDjf/?mibextid=K8Wfd2

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Detroit Times, Detroit, Michigan
December 31, 1914