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At Home Beekeeping Series – Colony Losses in the United States of America

Jack Rowe, Allyson Shabel, and Geoff Williams The Alabama Extension beekeeping team presents the At Home Beekeeping Series. This online series promotes educational information…

Beekeeper Stories

George Washington Carver How George Washington Carver Influenced the World Barbara Bloetscher George Washington Carver was an inventor, researcher and social engineer. He received…

Fewer Bees and Other Pollinating Insects Lead to Shrinking Crops

This article was originally published in The Conversation By: Rachel Mallinger Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees,…

The Business of Beekeeping

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What New Beekeepers Should Know About Old Beekeepers

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Minding Your Bees and Cues

Defend Beekeeping By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Whether your beekeeping year has already started or you are worried about the longevity of your…

For the Love of Bees

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Minding your Bees and Cues

If Bears were Bees By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel “If Bears were bees, they’d build their nests at the bottom of trees.” Thus…

The Beekeeper and the Big Bad Monk

By: Stephen Bishop Once upon a time, a young downtrodden beekeeper, Fred, slogged up a mountain to visit a beekeeping monk. He was the…

To Beekeep or Not to Beekeep?

I suspect you normally don’t read Bee Culture for existential ponderings, but before you skip over this article for more practical beekeeping advice, I…

From Alaska to Scotland: in Search of History, Honey Bees and Sustainability

Lisa Hay Recently I traveled to Scotland with my son in order to spend some quality time with him and to introduce him to…

Thinking Outside the Bee Box:

Unusual Ways to Turn a Profit Stephen Bishop Life is full of little ironies. Last year I was on a podcast—and get this, the…

Honey Bees Join Humans as the Only Known Animals that can Tell the Difference Between Odd and Even Numbers

Scarlett Howard & Adrian Dyer & Andrew Greentree & Jair Garcia “Two, four, six, eight; bog in, don’t wait.” As children, we learn numbers…

Minding Your Bees and Cues

Bee Mine By: Becky Masterman and Bridget Mendel Did bees invent Valentine’s Day? No, they did not. The holiday was in fact established by…

Revery: A Year of Bees

By: Mark Winston As a staunch reader and a lover of language, I maintain a book of quotations into which I copy out those…

Beekeeping Youtubers You Might Like

Stephen Bishop It used to be if you wanted to get into hobby beekeeping, first you planted a little garden, then you got chickens,…

Minding Your Bees and Cues

Wasp Do You Know? Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel With Winter approaching, your bees need less attention. Why not spend time learning about the…

Grant Money to Start Beekeeping

By: Jon Zawislak Government agencies, private entities and virtuous citizens have all been concerned for the plight and peril of pollinators for over a…