Out of the Past
The Representation and Symbolic Meaning of the Honey Bee through Time. By Isabelle Hopkinson From the Greeks to the Egyptians, from Napoleon to the…
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My Environmental System
By: James E. Tew For the moment – success! No doubt, I told you about my experiences last Autumn. I simply can’t recall how…
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Synthetic Wax
BetterComb and the Demise of 100% Beeswax By: Ross Conrad A recently adopted innovation in beekeeping is the use of completely drawn out honey…
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New Honey Bee Pests In North America
A Guide To Asian Hornets That Affect Honey Bees By: Paul Kozak and Gard Otis 2019 will be remembered as a significant year for…
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CSA – Community Supported Agriculture
Farming Is Always An Uphill Battle By: Ross Conrad Pandemic resistant honey sales The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted our world in profound ways, none…
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Nadja’s Favorites: A City Ecosystem
By: Becky Masterman and Bridget Mendel Finding Nadja’s Minneapolis home on a Summer day does not require house numbers. Just drive until you find the…
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Asian Giant Hornet
By: Jennifer Berry The first time I saw the video of Asian giant hornets devouring a honey bee colony, I was heartbroken. To watch…
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Murder Hornet: The Japanese Perspective
By: Allen Summers Yeah – I’ve been seeing the articles in media lately about “Murder Hornets” like you have. Think the way it’s being…
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Why Honey Pollen Is Difficult To Interpret
By: Vaughn Bryant I have been examining pollen in honey samples for over 50 years and I am just now getting good at…
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Veteran Mike
By: Becky Masterman Over an open colony of bees, Mike Roche told me how thankful he was to be alive. He was a man…
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2019 NATIONAL HONEY REPORT
Released March 19, 2020, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Special Note Honey…
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A Silver Bullet
By: M.E.A. McNeil “Brilliant. Just brilliant.” Oregon State University microbiologist Maude David was speaking about a honey bee gut bacterium engineered to defend against…
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Varroa Resistant Bees Get $1 Million In Norway
By: Erik Osterlund Dr Melissa Oddie, a Canadian researcher, will continue her research for at least two years based on the Varroa resistant bees…
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PROBIOTICS: Pro = For, Biotic = Life
By: M.E.A. McNeil Probiotic: pro means for, biotic means life. For life. Yes, we’re for life. More life, more better, right? Maybe. Maybe not. For…
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The Other Bees – We Are Not Alone
By: Sam Droege Species in The United States:134 Species in Canada: 40 Common everywhere Size Relative to Honey Bee: ½ – 1.5X Flight Season: Spring…
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Found In Translation – Modified Bacteria To Contain Varroa
By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab When it comes to microbes in honey bee colonies, the bad guys get all the press. Since Aristotle…
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Who Put The Sugar In The Manure Pile?
By: Mike McNally How often have you heard beekeepers talk about why their bees are all over compost piles, manure piles or sawdust piles….
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Bee Talk
By: Jerry Hayes Question 1 More Bees are considered better than less honey bees in a colony. But, as Spring arrives populous, healthy honey…
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From The Editor – An Interview With Ross Conrad
By: Alice Eckles Alice Eckles – I know you were a communications major in college, how did you end up keeping bees for a…
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From the Editor; Interview with Dr. Jamie Ellis
By: Jerry Hayes A 4.5 Million Dollar state of the art Honey Bee Lab, dozens of grad students over the years, a series of…
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