Publications
Beekeepers in Arizona are lucky to live in a state where the growing season is long and there is something in bloom
For new beekeepers starting out, the investment in an extractor can be over your budget. For this reason, it is a great idea to be a member of your local Beekeeper club where they often let members borrow the club extractor.
While there are 20,000 species of bees in the world, only 7 to 10 produce honey. Most of these species are solitary bees. Of those 7 to 10 that produce honey, only a few produce more honey than they need for their colony.
Once you have installed a package, nuc, or swarm into your hive box, you will need to inspect them on a regular basis. Every time you open the hive you should already have a purpose and goal in mind for that inspection.
If you have taken good care of your bees through the summer, and cooler Fall temperatures are now here, you have a new focus for success in the Fall.
Each member of the honeybee colony has specific duties they perform in the hive. The queen is mainly to lay eggs and the drones are specifically to mate with a virgin queen of another hive. The workers do all the rest of the labor needed to keep the hive functioning.
Pollination is the process of sexual propagation by angiosperms which involves combining the male pollen with the female ovule and intermixing the genes to create offspring. Flowers can have male parts, female parts or most common, both.
For successful Spring management of your honeybee colony,
Yes, bees have survived for thousands of years without human intervention, but for the Beekeeper who wants to be successful raising bees, sometimes your bees will need supplemental feed.
View Publication AZ2012-2022Every beekeeper should make a goal to have both healthy and productive hives. The most important step to achieve this goal is lifelong learning.
Concise information about using personal repellents for protection against common biting pests and safety tips, in an easy-to-read trifold format with pictures.
Easy-to-read trifold brochure explaining some simple safety and proven public health measures to avoid issues caused by mosquitoes.
Folleto de fácil lectura que explica algunas medidas sencillas de seguridad y salud pública comprobadas para evitar problemas causados por mosquitos.
The goal of this publication is to provide readers with basic information about wild honey bees in Arizona.
View Publication AZ1580-2020Blister beetles belong to a family of beetles called Meloidae. This family contains approximately 300 species distributed across the continental United States, including 150 in Arizona. Blister beetles have a peculiar life cycle.
View Publication - AZ1706-2019Frequently asked questions & how to reduce the number of bites. For residents battling bed bug infestations at home.
The Asian longhorned tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, is also known as the cattle tick or bush tick. It is native to East Asia: China, Korea, Japan, and well established in Australia and New Zealand. It is also an invasive tick species in the United States (U.S.).
The roof rat (Figures 1 & 4 Rattus rattus), also known as the black rat, ship rat, or house rat, is an Old World rodent species originating in southeast Asia.
Arizona Agricultural Pesticide Applicator Training Manual for Certification and Continuing Education
This manual reviews basic information on pests, pesticides, and safety. It is important to realize that pesticide application should be only a part of an overall integrated pest management (IPM) plan. Hopefully, this information will help you become a safe and conscientious certified applicator
The roof rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the black rat, ship rat, or house rat, is an Old World rodent species originating in southeast Asia.
Scorpions are predatory arachnids related to spiders, mites, and ticks. They are some of the oldest known terrestrial arthropods (animals with an external skeleton, a segmented body, and paired jointed limbs).
Technical Full Document (AZ1769-2018) Brochure (AZ1871-2021) Quick Read (AZ1935-2021) Quick Read Spanish (AZ1935S-2021)The brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus, has a worldwide distribution and is found throughout the United States (US) and Mexico. This tick is driving epidemics of Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in Arizona and northwest Mexico.
Technical: Full Document (AZ1761-2018) Brochure (AZ1913-2021) Quick Read (AZ1955-2021) Quick Read Spanish (AZ1955S-2021)Personal repellents (often referred to as “bug sprays”) are substances applied to skin, clothing, or other surfaces to repel or discourage insects and other arthropods, such as ticks, from feeding on humans.
There are a number of disease-causing viruses transmitted to people primarily through the bite of infected mosquitoes. Female mosquitoes take blood meals to produce eggs. A mosquito that bites an infected animal may pick up a virus within the blood meal.
Many areas that use agricultural and environmental science for management and planning – ecosystem conservation, crop and livestock systems, water resources, forestry and wildland fire management, urban horticulture – often need historical records of daily weather for activities that range from
Many pests encountered in homes and structures can be prevented by using simple techniques collectively known as “pest-proofing”. If done correctly, pest-proofing your home saves you money by reducing pest management costs, and more importantly, reduces potential pesticide exposure.
This document is intended to help you develop an implementable IPM Plan for your school or school district.
Long-term variations in climate can create multi-decade wet or dry periods that can promote large-scale, episodes of recruitment of certain plant species (wet periods) or large-scale mortality (dry periods).
Realizing that the Arizona citrus industry might someday have to deal with widespread ACP control, the Arizona Citrus Research Council approved a trip to Florida and Texas to investigate how ACP control was accomplished in those two states.
Phenology: Using Phenology as a Tool for Education, Research, and Understanding Environmental Change
Bed bugs are small insects that feed on blood. They can be found in and around beds. They like crevices and can be found in the seams, joints, cracks and folds in the bed, furniture, walls, clothing and floors close to beds.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is the safest and most effective pest management approach that relies on a combination of common-sense
The Bagrada bug (Bagrada hilaris), an invasive pest of crucifers previously found in Africa, Asia, and Europe is now present in southern California and Arizona. It is a major pest of Brassicaceae crops and has been found on other plants as well.
Precision herbicide application is an effective tool for placing soil incorporated herbicides which have a tendency for soil adherence.
This publication will explain what fungus gnats are and how to manage them.
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The most effective weed control practice in alfalfa is maintaining a healthy crop and dense stand. Cultural practices that promote a vigorous stand can reduce the need for chemical weed control.
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Weeds can be a problem in wheat and barley especially where crop rotation is not practiced. An integrated approach to weed management can be followed.
A discussion of the pathological, non-pathological and other possible nutritional and physiological problems of cotton production in Arizona.
Based on material originally written by Richard Hine, Plant Pathologist (retired). Photographs by Richard Hine and Mary Olsen.
Arizona’s golf course industry has grown rapidly over the last fifteen years, and it is likely to continue to grow in response to increasing numbers of winter visitors and of retirees who choose to live here throughout the year.