Bee Kid’s Corner
Produced by Kim Lehman
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Sam Comfort
By: Ross Conrad Sam Comfort of Anarchy Apiaries is on a mission – two missions to be precise: Make more hives than televisions, and…
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Bear Kelley
By: Jennifer Berry Growing up, some of us wanted to be rich while some of us wanted to be famous. Some of us wanted…
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Ask Phil
Got A Question? He Knows! Send your questions to Phil at phil@philcrafthivecraft.com http://www.philcrafthivecraft.com Q: A nature lover in Kentucky writes: Here’s something I wonder:…
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A Closer Look
Orientation Flights And Scouting Behavior By: Clarence Collison Honey bees take repeated orientation flights before becoming foragers at about three weeks of age (Winston 1987)….
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Jake Reisdorf
By: Dennis Taylor His plan is to save mankind! In their dreams, most middle schoolers envision themselves pitching for the Cubs, or crooning their…
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SCIENTIFICBEEKEEPING
By: Kim Kaplan An interview with Randy Oliver Randy Oliver is the owner of Golden West Bees in northern California – about 1,000 colonies providing…
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RUSSIAN Honey Bees
By: Malcolm Sanford There have been a lot of questions recently about “Russian honey bees.” The term is increasingly making its way into the beekeeping…
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The Asian Predatory Hornet
By: Rusty Burlew For years British beekeepers have known that the Asian predatory hornet could one day arrive on their mainland. Sure enough, a…
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Competing Doomsdays
By: Mark Winston It’s long-term exposure to what were previously considered non-toxic doses of multiple pesticides that has become ground zero in assessing why…
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It’s Summers Time!
The first half of 2016 was extremely busy for Kim and I, with the normal Bee Culture schedule, but also a lot of travel….
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Inner Cover
You Say You Want A Revolution… There’s a quiet revolution going on. Quiet now any-way. If you were paying attention you saw it more…
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December – Regional Honey Price Report
We’re throwing a lot of numbers at you this month but we think you’ll find them useful. Below is our monthly report from December…
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The White House Pollinator Health Task Force Initiative
More Than Just Honey Bees By: Malcolm Sanford Ms. Rebecca Terrell of New American Magazine writes about the Pollinator Health Task Force in a recent post, stating: “One…
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Ohhh, My Aching Back!
A Make It Yourself Hive Loader By: Jerry Bromenshenk Large scale beekeepers often place hives on pallets and move them using forklifts and flatbed…
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Regional Honey Price Report
November Report 2016 Honey Production OK, here’s where we really go way out on a limb, but we’re pretty confident what we’re doing will…
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The Inner Cover
Kim Flottum Senior Editor I rediscovered something this year that I already knew but hadn’t applied it to keeping bees. Or rather, to feeding…
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West Coast Late Season Pollinator Plants
By: Travis Owen Autumn is here, the days are warm, the nights are cool, and bees and other pollinators are still active. For me…
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Winter Management
By: William Hesbach Evolution has provided honey bees with an extraordinary ability to thermoregulate and survive in a cold climate.1 During Winter, bees cluster…
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It’s Summer’s Time
Chickens, Phobia and Fall By: Kathy Summers Assistant Editor We lost one of our old girls a couple of weeks ago. She was one…
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