NOVEMBER | DECEMBER 2016
Almond Facts
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Ventral view of a Varroa mite. These are the mites
responsible for so many honey bee colony deaths.
Photo courtesy of the Bee Informed Partnership
Texas Training
In late October, we had the wonderful
opportunity to train new prospective
technical transfer teams at the honey
bee lab in College Station, Texas. As
some of our team members move on
to other jobs or academic callings,
we had a chance to meet and work
with some exciting and talented new
team members. Part of the training
involved instructing them on how to
consistently and accurately evaluate
a colony, take a sample, and record
the data in sometimes less than ideal
circumstances (hot weather, fire ant
hills all around the colonies and thigh
high grass). It was fun and everyone
was excited to participate. We hope
they get to meet our beekeepers in the
new year and they will certainly will
be ready and sampling in almonds.
