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Author: Kim Flottum An interesting and educational week in Montreal. Over 5000 people attended we’re told, but I suspect there were actually more. Hundreds…
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The Measures Of Success
By: Ross Conrad Achieving success as a beekeeper can be elusive. It is a goal that is often based on factors that are changing…
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Basic Beekeeping Is Not Just For Beginners
By: Dr. James E. Tew Basic beekeeping is fine Among my many annoying characteristics, I have a particular one that especially frays my immediate…
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Summers Time
By: Kathy Summers Things Are Always Changing Nothing ever stays the same forever – or does it. I’ve been at this job for what…
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By: Kim Flottum It’s been a quiet month here in the Spieth Road Beeyard. The weather settled, kind of, and things started to dry…
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Are You Listening
By: Apis M. Mellifera On Help From Above At this time, the Board Of Directors has asked me to communicate its sense of unease…
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The Story of A.I. Root
By: A.I. Root In the year 1866 I had a light colony, or rather nucleus that I put into the cellar. This cellar was…
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FEEDERS – Every Feeder Has Its Strengths And Drawbacks
Volume, Cost, Small Hive Beetle And Time All Add Up By: David MacFawn Feeding your bees for their survival is critical if they are…
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Beekeeper’s Toolbox
By: Jim Berndt I am not a naturally tidy person; I am not one of those people who knows precisely where everything is and…
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Are You Listening?
By: Apis Mellifera Introduction The history of beekeeping is filled with observations that have led to many efficiencies in the human manipulation of honey bee colonies. The…
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DOWNTOWN
By: Toni Burnham Bee Sting Allergy Basics And Allergy Understanding For Beekeepers It probably happens every time you talk to a group of people…
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The Story of A.I. Root – The Warehouse Fire!
By: A.I. Root At the national convention in Cincinnati in 1882 I had announced that I would take a foundation mill with me and…
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By: Kim Flottum “America’s farmland is disappearing at a rate of three acres every minute.” American Farmland Trust. AFT surveys land use with…
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INNERCOVER
By: Kim Flottum The weather won this Spring. For the first time in – I guess nearly 50 years – I didn’t have some…
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The Story of A.I. Root
By: A.I. Root Entertaining Angels Unaware At one time in the spring of 1878, after paying all my debts I had about $3000 in…
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Honey Bees Don’t Get To Pick Their Poison
By: Christopher Mayack Exposure To Multiple Pesticides Appears To Be Quite Pervasive And Spans From Rural To Urban Areas. Many beekeepers I interact with on…
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SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING, PART 3
By: Meghan Milbrath When I started to keep bees as a business rather than a hobby, I sat down and wrote a business plan and…
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INFORMATION LITERACY FOR BEEKEEPERS
By: Ellie Andrews Honey bees are the best teacher. Or so they say. Unfortunately, mine don’t speak English, and I can be a little dimwitted,…
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Honey Bee Colony Losses 2018-2019 – Preliminary Results
By: The Bee Informed Partnership The Bee Informed Partnership (BIP; http://beeinformed.org) recently conducted the 13th annual survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the…
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Let’s Go For A Drink
By: Ann Harman “Whew! It’s hot up here on this rooftop. There’s plenty of sidewalk cafes here in the city – let’s go find…
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