Winter Colony Development
By: Lloyd Harris What Happens In Colonies AFTER Mid August Determines How Successfully Colonies Can Be Wintered If you ask most beekeepers how they prepare…
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The Challenge
By: David VanderDussen and Kathleen Ireland NOD Apiary Products’ Story Of Innovation Part 3, Developing An Environmentally Friendly Miticide Recap: In Part 1 of…
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A Closer Look
By Clarence Collison Queen Cells and Rearing Stimuli There are basically two types of queen cells – those made from a worker larva, and…
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Found In Translation
By: Jay Evans Minerals and The Bees’ Needs Rachael Bonoan and colleagues at Tufts University have been studying the impacts of salt and other…
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Midwest Foraging
By: Connie Krochmal This article will conclude the series on foraging book reviews. “Midwest Foraging-115 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Burdock to Wild…
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Enough Good Food
By: Ann Harman Well, this year’s honey crop was a bust. Rain, rain and more rain during the blooming time of this area’s major…
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About Beeswax
Swammerdam’s Apprentice Beeswax. What Is It? The main constituents and the physical properties of beeswax.Wax is a hydrocarbon – contains the elements carbon, hydrogen…
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Bottom Board
By: Ed Colby The Good Samaritan The pot grower down the road told me his bees are doing fabulous. I asked him how his mites…
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Bigger Picture
By: Jessica Louque Turkey Wars Sometimes, I get a few complaints from readers that my article has nothing to do with bees, or is…
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Some Beeyard Thoughts, Observations and Updates
By: James Tew Well, is it European Foulbrood or not? Comb – much more than a hive product. Odds and Ends – Adding wax…
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Beekeeping In The Bahamas
By: Jennifer Berry The thought of taking a 12-24 hour old larvae and transforming it into a queen is amazing. It’s been almost 20…
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Beekeeping In Costa Rica Pura Vida – It’s All Good
By: Sarah Gabric Everywhere you might go in Costa Rica, from the capital city of San Jose, to a remote barrio, to a tourist…
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History of the British National Honey Show
The National Honey Show grew from origins in 1921 of a joint honey show held by two county associations in south east England, Kent…
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Keeping Bees in the Kingdom of the West
By: Melanie Kirby Morocco’s Beekeeping Is Similar To Our’s, But Their Culture Is So Different. I’ve never been to this part of the world….
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Herbs & Veggies & Flowers, Oh My!
By: Janet Davis Some For You, Some For the Bees. Herbs have been grown for honey bee forage for millennia, ever since ancient Greeks…
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DOWNTOWN Keeping Bees Where The Poop Hits The Fan
A Bunch Of Other Machinery, Too. I recently told a reporter (who wasn’t there for me) that this should be her headline: Largest Sewage…
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August Honey Market Report
What’s Important In Selling Honey. We surveyed our reporters again this month to find out what principles and what items were important to their…
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The Inner Cover
We have a garden every year. I know a lot of people that have bees have gardens. They sort of go hand in hand….
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It’s Summers Time!
CHICKENS, MOWING, JUST BEING OUTSIDE. I hope you are all having a wonderful, sunny, warm – but not too warm – Summer. We took…
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NOD Apiary Products’ Story Of Innovation: The Challenge
Part 2, Developing An Environmentally Friendly Miticide By: David VanderDussen and Kathleen Ireland In Part 1 of this series we discussed the role of NOD’s…
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