The Sanctuary
By: Stephen Bishop Why do you keep bees? Or, why do you continue to keep bees? Early in life, by the time I was,…
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INNERCOVER
I mentioned New Zealand last time, but when we returned after being there for 12 days were so rushed getting the April issue out…
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Regional Honey Price Report: May Report
Honey Market Prediction Imports are still a challenge when it comes to honey prices (and honey quality), so we checked in with our reporters…
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A Closer Look- Waggle Dances
By: Clarence Collison Little is known about how waggle dance followers are able to read the waggle dance in the darkness of the hive….
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What Do Bees See?
By: Peter Borst When I first thought of writing about honey bee vision, the painted hive fronts of Slovenia seemed a good place to…
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Bigger Picture
By: Jessica Louque Pesticides and Beekeepers – A Difficult Relationship In previous months, I’ve given a presentation on pesticides and beekeepers several times. It’s…
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THERMOGRAPHY
By: R. Micheal Magnini Honey bees are among the very few insects that produce body heat. This is a result of the digestion of…
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He Fought The Law . . . And The Law Won
By: Noel Sweeney Law is our language of natural justice which we use to speak for the strong and the weak. Part of its…
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Honey As An ANTIBIOTIC It’s the little things that count, it seems!
By: Tianna Kolody Honey is widely accepted as a source of natural antioxidants, with applications for food preservation and human health. In general, antioxidants…
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Safety First- 2 Dozen Good Ideas
By: David MacFawn Safety in the Beeyard Best Practice is the first in a series of best practices developed for the South Carolina Beekeepers…
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Will You Be … grilling or barbecuing – with honey, of course – this Summer?
By: Ann Harman It all depends on where you live. In the South, barbecue has a strict definition. The restaurant signs will spell it…
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BEES IN TREES
By: Dewey Caron Beekeeping is one of the oldest forms of food production dating as far back as 13,000 BC. Human cultures were initially…
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Dill And Related Herbs As Bee Plants
By: Connie Krochmal This article continues the series on herbs in the carrot/parsley family. Nearly 10 or so of these species are attractive to…
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Checking In
By: Ross Conrad How often is enough? I recently had a fairly new beekeeper ask me how often they should inspect their hive. Apparently…
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World Bee Day May 20th! Celebrate!
By: Ann Chilcott World Bee Day? Yes, it’s official. On the 20th December 2017 the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring…
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All Hail! The King or Queen
By: Tina Sebestyen The queen I am referring to is the president of the bee club. Of course, not all bee club presidents are…
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U.S. Honey Industry Report – 2017
By Kim Flottum United States honey production in 2017 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 148 million pounds, down nine percent from…
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Processing Honey: A Closer Look
By: Bob Binnie The debate on what constitutes good food seems to be endless. Diets abound with notions that are as varied as the…
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Harvesting Honey
By: David MacFawn Harvesting and extracting your honey crop in the Southeast region can occur as early as April or May. In South Carolina…
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Peering Into The Future A Path To The Genius Hive
By: Joseph Cazier The Genius hive will be able to tell you what it needs to do better. Introduction Many of the changes we are…
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