Magnified (8X)View of Selected Detritus Examples on Sticky Boards
By: Don Coats You never know what you might find. Bee Pupal Chitin Shell Remnants were rather abundant. This might suggest that pupae were being…
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BIP and NASS – Why The Difference?
By: Natalie Steinhauer Interpreting and understanding the difference in colony loss numbers between the different national surveys. Over the last year, and for the…
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Ask Phil
By: Phil Craft Got A Question? He Knows! Q: A beekeeper in Pennsylvania writes: Could you explain this to me? In late…
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The Decline of Pollinators
An Overview By: Robert Owen Pests, Pesticides, Land Use Lead The Way The triumph of modern agriculture is the enormous increase in productivity of…
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A Better Way To Bottle
By: Allen Hayes Easy To Build – Anyone Can Do This! Many backyard beekeepers bottle their honey using a plastic bucket with a honey…
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BUILD YOUR OWN BEELINING BOX
By: Frank Linton It’s not as hard as you think. Tom Seeley has written a delightful book on the ancient art of lining honey bees…
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Removing Bees
By: Brian Rogers Use Every Tool Necessary Recently I was invited to give a presentation to a Bee Club on the other side of…
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Bee Venom and the Chemistry of OUCH!
By: Sharla Riddle Zap! Stings happen. Even the most experience beekeepers catch a sting occasionally. It’s the price we pay for those beautiful jars…
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Tools For Social Media
By: Jessica Dally Sure just like in the bee yard, you COULD do a hive inspection without a good hive took, but it sure…
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LAYING WORKERS. IT HAPPENS. FIX IT.
By: Paul Hizsnyai The phenomenon of laying workers is the last ditch effort for survival of the bee colony, the last attempt to avoid…
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HOW TO GET YOUR HONEY IN THE JAR
By: Lonnie Funderburg “There is no spigot on the side of the box.” My wife and I have a system. I stand over next to…
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Club Success At Events . . . Get Volunteers And GO!
By: Terry Lieberman-Smith When standing at a club table at a fair, talking about honey bees and beekeeping, your volunteer will receive the full attention,…
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A Closer Look
By: Clarence Collison Wings and Flight “Wings are not true appendages like the legs but are thin outgrowths of the skeleton which have been…
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Bigger Picture
By: Jessica Louque A new Season, A New Package Installation This year, we decided to shake things up a bit and give The Carolina…
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Huckleberries ~ Vaccinium
: Connie Krochmal Two groups of bee plants are known as huckleberries – Vaccinium spp. and Gaylussacia spp. The former, which are most common…
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Some Beeyard Thoughts, Observations and Updates
By: James Tew Some thoughts on Senior Citizen Beekeeping. What is a healthy colony anway? Your new package bees should be thriving by…
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Beekeeping On A Budget
By: Ross Conrad In order to keep bees, you are not required to own or rent land. Often, landowners are happy to let you…
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Downtown The Quest For The Model Urban Bee Law
By: Toni Burnham Free Advice Is Seldom Cheap There’s an old saying: free advice is seldom cheap, and this column may qualify for that…
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It’s Time For A New Extractor And Maybe, A New Honey House
By: Ann Harman Never again! The club’s two-frame, hand-cranked extractor was just fine a few years ago for Robert’s two hives but this year with…
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Bottom Board
By: Ed Colby Shortcuts. I’d never seen bees just pour out of a hive unless they were swarming. But on a warm late April…
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