Vu, Amy T
Biography
state specialized program Extension agent II, apiculture, UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab, Gainesville, FL, 32611
UF/IFAS Entomology and Nematology Department blog profile
Publications
- Best Management Practices for Live Bee Removals in Florida: A Beekeeper's Guide
- Bottling, Labeling, and Selling Honey in Florida
- Welcome to the Hive! Honey Bee 4-H Project Book
- Florida Beekeeping Management Calendar
- Living with the African Honey Bee
- Guide to Collecting and Maintaining Live Arthropods for Classroom Display in Florida
- How to Dissect Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) to Detect Tracheal Mites (Acarapis woodi Rennie)
- Blue Orchard Bee, Osmia lignaria Say (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
- A Guide to Planting Wildflower Enhancements in Florida
- Theft, Vandalism, and Other Related Crime in the Beekeeping Industry: A Guide for Beekeepers
- Wedge-Shaped Beetles (suggested common name) Ripiphorus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae)
- European Honey Bee Apis mellifera Linnaeus and subspecies (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
- Best Management Practices for Siting Honey Bee Colonies: Good Neighbor Guidelines
- Large Carpenter Bees, Xylocopa spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae)
- Observation Bee Hives
- Sample Pollination Agreement
- Lively Cuckoo Bee (suggested common name) Nomada fervida Smith (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
- Zombie Fly (suggested common name) Apocephalus borealis Brues (Insecta: Diptera: Phoridae)
- Small Carpenter Bees, Ceratina spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae)
- Robbing Behavior in Honey Bees
- Cape Honey Bee Apis mellifera capensis Escholtz (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
- Insects, Oh Yes!: An Introduction
- Antlions in the Classroom
- Wax Moth Control
- Swarm Trapping for Pest Control Operators
- Choosing the Right Pest Control Operator for Honey Bee Removal: A Consumer Guide
- Eradication of Swarms and Colonies for Pest Control Operators
- Minimizing Honey Bee Exposure to Pesticides
- The Benefits of Pollen to Honey Bees
- Giant Resin Bee Megachile sculpturalis (Smith) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
- How to Quantify Varroa destructor in Honey Bee (Apis mellifera L.) Colonies
- Identification and Treatment of European Foulbrood in Honey Bee Colonies
- Living with African Bees in Florida's Outdoor Workplaces
- Keeping Bees in Florida
- Overwintering Honey Bee Colonies in Northern Climates
- Using Nucs in Beekeeping Operations
- Chalkbrood Recommendations
- Swarm Control for Managed Beehives
- Florida Honey Bee Plants
- Giant Honey Bee Apis dorsata Fabricius (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
- African Honey Bee, Africanized Honey Bee, Killer Bee, Apis mellifera scutellata Lepeletier (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)
- Tropilaelaps mite Tropilaelaps spp. Delfinado & Baker (Arachnida: Mesostigmata: Laelapidae)
- Varroa Mite, Varroa destructor Anderson and Trueman (Arachnida: Acari:Varroidae)
- Differences Between European and African Honey Bees
- Sweat Bees, Halictid Bees, Halictidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
- African Honey Bee Information for School Administrators
- How to Quantify Nosema Spores Infection Rate in a Honey Bee Colony
- Florida Bears and Beekeeping
- African Honey Bee Information for School Administrators
- Bee Louse, Bee Fly, Braulid, Braula coeca Nitzsch (Insecta: Diptera: Braulidae)
- Beekeeping: Watermelon Pollination
- Miner Bee, Chimney Bee Anthophora abrupta Say
- Honey and Its Uses
- The Social Organization of Honey Bees
- Solar Beeswax Rendering and Hints for Exhibiting Wax Blocks
- Infant Botulism and Honey
- Preserving Woodenware in Beekeeping Operations
- Small Hive Beetle, Aethina tumida Murray (Insecta: Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
- Lesser Wax Moth Achroia grisella Fabricius (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
Specialist/ssa/rsa - Current
