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What have we been up to? |
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Things in the field have all but ended and the bees are pretty much bedded down for winter. Molly finished a last trial run of some caged experiments so that she’s ready to go next spring, conducting some in vitro experiments recording the interactions of bees exposed to different pheromones. Kim is conducting the Brood Monitoring project this winter, just like she did last winter, which is a national collaborative effort spearheaded by Auburn University to see where colonies go fully broodless during the non-active season (spoiler alert, colonies in the Piedmont of North Carolina never fully go broodless, which has major implications for Varroa control). Brad has been analyzing data and directing a bunch of undergraduate projects, many of which are coming to fruition. Jennifer is actively updating our extension notes and getting ready for next season’s extension trainings including the second year of the Microbreeding Initiative. Ali just published a major paper in PNAS (see below), which is going to make some major impacts in the science of bee management. |
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Lab spotlight |
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Parker Profet is an undergrad in Biology who will be graduating this upcoming spring. He has quickly become an integral member of the team, where he was initially helping Kim out in the field with some basic beekeeping, then was a central researcher on a project measuring the egg laying rates of queens in colonies treated with different antibiotics and miticides, and now he is both processing digital images of brood patterns as well as working in the molecular lab helping Molly quantify the virus levels in some of our experimental hives last season. He’s a hard worker and fun to have around, so we really appreciate his efforts! |
What you should be doing in your apiary this month (November 2025) |
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November is when the nights start to get cold, and we can now say the bees are in winter mode. Daytime temperatures are usually warm enough…… |
New publications and grant awards |
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Ali McAfee was the lead author in the top-tier journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), which is a huge accomplishment. The study gives us significant insights into why honey bee colonies replace their queens, sometimes years prematurely, which can be problematic for bees and beekeepers alike. Read the press release or the open-access paper. |
Welcome aboard |
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Samantha Peterson is an NC State Animal Science major with plans to apply to veterinary school once she graduates. She recently joined the team to help with various projects but starting with our large experiment on how brood pheromones affect colony growth metrics and queen longevity. |
Teacher’s corner |
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We are several weeks into teaching AEC 203 “An Introduction to the Honey Bee and Beekeeping,” and things are going well. The students are engaged and into the material thus far, so we hope that continues. We have moved some of the lectures around this semester to accommodate for some travel, but that should not really affect much. |
