Bee Trees for Warm Climates
By: Connie Krochmal Beekeepers in warm climates can choose from a number of bee trees. Choices include the native red bay and the common…
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Bad Weather
By: Jim Thompson There are several ways that beekeepers install packages of bees into their hives. Some hives will have an entrance ramp and…
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Speaker vs. Equipment vs. Speaker vs. Host
By: Ann Harman Once upon a time – and not all that long ago – the speaker’s life was easy. You selected your slides…
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Tree Hive Colonies
Increased Quantity Of Beneficial Fungi In Bee Bread From The Trees And Its Antifungal Propeties Against Chalkbrood By: Lynn Royce, Jay Yoder, Blake Nelson…
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A Closer Look
Beeswax, Wax Glands Beeswax is a complex substance made up of wax esters, fatty acids and hydrocarbons. By: Clarence Collision Wax is used by…
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Build A Vintage Hive-Seat
By: Peter Sieling The 1901 edition of ABC of Bee Culture features a woodcut with the caption “How to sit on hive-cover”. You might…
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Is it Feeding Time in Your Apiary?
By: Ross Conrad There are various ways to feed and each option has benefits and drawbacks for you and your bees. The month of…
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A Simple Hivetop Feeder for Top-Bar Hives
By: Marcel Durieux One of the charms of the top-bar hive (TBH) is its lack of standardization. It comes in a variety of forms,…
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Restocking Winterkilled Hives
A routine aspect of beekeeping By: James E. Tew It is a beehive fact of life Occasional dead bee colonies – at any time…
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by Ed Simon To sell your honey at a farmers market or a flea market you need a gimic to get the people to…
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Grafting
By: Maryann Frazier, Elina Niño and Christina Grozinger GRAFTING… a useful skill that many beekeepers would love to have in their beekeeping skills toolbox…
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Build a Feeder Jar Stand
By: Ed Simon Introduction: Spring is here again and you have decided to double your hive count. Of course that mans that there will…
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A History of Feeders
A Look At A Few Of The Dozens That Have Patents By: Jim Thompson Many different types and styles of bee feeders have been…
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Conversations with a Ukraine Beekeeper
By: Tom Rearick One of the benefits of writing a bee blog is that I also get to meet interesting people from around the…
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Better Beekeeping With Better Records
By: Lonnie Funderburg It’s that time of the year when some of us make resolutions with good intentions and, for me, with usually poor…
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Creating Pollinator Habitat
A Beekeeper/Government/Corporate Collaboration By: Michele Colopy, Peggy Garnes and Terry Liberman-Smith The Ohio Environmental Education Fund (OEEF), a program within the Ohio EPA, has…
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Avoid Tank Mixing Insecticides with Fungicides. Not all fungal diseases can be controlled by fungicides. By: Michele Colopy Fungicides (according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary…
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Bigger Picture
Sweets For Your Honey By: Jessica Louque Being February, it’s about that time to see pink and red hearts everywhere you shop. Jewelry and…
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Bear Attack!
By: Jim Grupp One early morning in late October, a Black Bear attacked one of my hives here in Highland Mills, NY. Woke up…
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Bee An Artist
By: Alice Eckles Beeswax is the most inspiring and accessible art material I can think of, and I have been a professional artist and…
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