It’s SUMMERS TIME!
UPCOMING BEE CULTURE EVENTS, CHICKENS AND WINTER By Kathy Summers A lot is going on right now in the land of Bee Culture and it’s…
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New For This Spring
bees-at-law. By Noel Sweeney. Published by Alibi, Veritas Chambers. ISBN 978-1-872724-04-1. Available from the author or Northern Bee Books, for $50.00. 6” x 8.25”,…
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INNERCOVER
Selling Honey. Land Use. Local. By: Kim Flottum I have several interests in life that aren’t directly involved with bees, beekeeping and beekeepers, but most of…
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Texas Honey Show
Big State, Big Show By: Ann Harman Texas is the largest state of the “lower 48.” Alaska is, of course, the largest of all…
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It’s Summers Time!
Reno, Chickens and Winter By: Kathy Summers Most of our Bee Culture staff attended the 2018 American Beekeeping Federation Conference in Reno, NV during the…
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The Inner Cover
The 2018 ABF Meeting By: Kim Flottum The ABF celebrated their 75th Anniversary this year at their meeting in January in Reno, Nevada. So…
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Bigger Picture
Honey Bee Testing Intro By: Jessica Louque It’s been very surprising to me how many people do not understand the process of pesticide regulation…
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Bottom Board
Meghan By: Ed Colby I like to say I’m retired, but I’ve never been busier. A hundred and fifty colonies keep me occupied. That,…
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Dicamba and Bees
By: Jonathan Lundgren Repeating a mistake generally doesn’t end well. When genetically modified, glyphosate-tolerant crops hit the scene in the mid-1990s, it was…
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Corporate Potentials For Increasing Pollinator Habitat And Populations
By: Steven Payne Federal and state government programs in recent years have been announced and initiated to try to create better habitat and forage…
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BEESPLOITATION II
Candyman • The X-Files By: Ryan McDearmont Genre films aren’t what they used to be. I don’t mean this in a nostalgic sense, but…
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TAKE YOUR CLUB TO THE NEXT LEVEL
By: Tina Sebestyen February, it seems like spring will never arrive. In an effort to escape darkest Winter, we bring out our seed catalogs,…
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BEEKEEPING IN GUANTANAMERA
What I Learned In Cuba! By: Malcolm Sanford Jose Martí airport was more modern than I expected. It differed in two ways from others….
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A BEEKEEPING FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
Let’s Develop Some Metrics We Can Use By: David MacFawn Financial metrics are key numbers that you can focus on in financial statements. There…
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MAKE A SUPPORT SYSTEM IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
By: Ettamarie Peterson Recently I got a packet of thank you letters from a third grade class that I had visited to educate them…
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BabelBee
By: Frank Linton If beekeeping had its Uber or Airbnb what would it look like? Uber owns no taxis, Airbnb owns no hotels, yet…
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Jars
By: Jim Thompson As Many Types Of Bottles As There Are Types Of Honey. Hexagonal Jar This jar appears to have had a…
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Bee Kid’s Corner
BEEYARD THOUGHTS – OBSERVATIONS AND UPDATES
You may not want to hear this, but beekeeping is changing (and that’s a good thing). Alternative uses for protective bee gear. Odds and Ends – a…
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MOVING BEES
By: Jennifer Berry When You Have To, Be Prepared. This past October, (and for several years now), it has been unseasonably warm with occasionally…
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