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Ed Colby A Honey Mix-up It’s August as I write, not the Fourth of July, but you should have seen and heard the fireworks…
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The Bees at the Ohio Statehouse
Nina Bagley The Ohio Statehouse bees have a nice ornate iron fence around them. The hives sit high on the hill, looking at the…
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A Closer Look
Clarence Collison Caste Determination The capacity of the honey bee to produce three phenotypically distinct organisms (two female castes; queens and sterile workers, and…
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Book Review
Kim Flottom Form and Function in the Honey Bee, by Lesley Goodman. Published by Northern Bee Books and IBRA. Available on Amazon or from…
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Believe Me Because I Learned the Hard Way
Ettamarie Peterson with Cartoons by Lela Dowling Smart people learn from their mistakes. We all know that, for sure. Beekeepers are usually smart and…
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Minding Your Bees And Cues
Honey Time: Part 2 Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Extracting scientific information about a good honey crop is a super great way to wrap…
Read MoreMedicinal Plants and Natural Remedies
Abbas Edun BILBERRY Vaccinium myrtillus is a perennial member of the Ericaceae (Heath) family;1 it is also known to botanists as V. angulosum, V….
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Bees and Women
Lucinda Harrison of Peoria, IL Nina Bagley Mrs. Lucinda Harrison of Peoria, IL followed in Mrs. Tupper’s footsteps (to read about Mrs. Tupper, see…
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From the Editor, Jerry Hayes Honey Bee Winter Survival QUESTION Very good article in Catch the Buzz about beekeeping in North Dakota. But, I…
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To Beekeep or Not to Beekeep?
I suspect you normally don’t read Bee Culture for existential ponderings, but before you skip over this article for more practical beekeeping advice, I…
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Honey Bee Hygienic Behavior(s) and Testing Anne Marie Fauvel & Robert Snyder, Bee Informed Partnership Who doesn’t like a feel-good story? Good news is…
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Harvesting Honey Richard Wahl The Fruits of Their Labors: As the Summer months turn to Fall, it might be time to consider how much…
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Beekeeping With Youth
Indiana 4-H Beekeeper Curriculum Purdue University is excited to announce a new beekeeping curriculum for young people! Three manuals, along with a facilitator’s guide,…
Read MoreVarietal – the Spice of Hive
Jeff Kennedy “Too many beekeepers fail to realize that the selling of a crop is fully as important as its production. The business part…
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Poor Boy’s Honey Extractor
Leonard Riepenhoff Full frame solar ovens can extract six to eight pounds of honey (two medium frames full of capped honey) or several frames…
Read MoreBeekeeping Critical Thoughts – Bee Hive Comb
Earl Hoffman Please let me share some critical thoughts on supers, hive frames and comb As I shared before, there are windows of opportunity…
Read MoreImpact of UV-Induced Blue Fluorescence Entrances on Honey Bee Swarm Traps
Brian Fleischmann Introduction Swarm traps (bait hives) are a simple tool used to capture honey bee swarms. Swarming is a natural process that occurs…
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Vitellogenin
The Miracle Molecule Ed Erwin Credit for this article goes primarily to Randy Oliver and his non-profit organization ScientificBeekeeping.com. Randy started beekeeping as a…
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A Closer Look
Queen Development and Traits Clarence Collison One of the most widely used biomarkers of queen health is brood pattern—defined as the shape left by…
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