Avoiding Tree – Bee Calamities
On Thursday, February 17 at 9 pm a large section of my giant American elm tree split and fell, crushing my neighbor’s trees, while…
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Bee Vet
Another Arachnid Dr. Tracy Farone ‘Tis the season Spring is an exciting time of renewal for nature and beekeepers. Everything is coming to life…
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Frank Benton on “A Beirut and Syrian Bee Convention May 1885”
Nina Bagley Twenty years ago, I became a beekeeper and my mentor passed his beekeeping books on to me when he moved. I have…
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The Stockholm Declaration about “Life EMC”
Olle Johansson All around the world dramatic reductions in pollinating insect populations are noted, for instance in Germany, in 2017, where more than 75% of them…
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Building Bridges Steve Werblow The Bee Integrated Demonstration Project taught beekeepers, farmers and the program’s proponents in the Honey Bee Health Coalition a number…
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Increasing Your Hive Count Richard Wahl Once you have caught the bug (pun intended) of bee management there is the urge to increase your…
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By: Mark Winston Wild Honey Bees Review of Wild Honey Bees: An Intimate Portrait by Ingo Arndt and Jurgen Tautz, 2022, Princeton University Press…
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A Chronicle of Some Common Beekeeping Terms
James E. Tew I gave you a “heads-up” In the February 2022 edition of Bee Culture magazine, I wrote that I had found some…
Read MoreThe New World Carniolan Closed Program Celebrates It’s 40th Generation
Sue Cobey Carniolan Honey Bees Carniolan bees, highly favored by beekeepers worldwide, are known for their calm temperament, Winter hardiness, rapid Spring buildup and…
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Starter Colony Ed Simon I’ve tried both a Cloake Board and the Horizontal Frame Support to raise queens. Now it’s time to try a…
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New(ish) Beekeeper Column Off the Wahl Beekeeping Adding Bees To Your Hive Richard Wahl A Bit about Varroa Mites According to the dictionary, the…
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Obituary
Bruce Bell made a huge impact in the beekeeping community of Southwest Colorado. When word got out that he had passed away on November…
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A Glimpse of Heaven Ed Colby When my enthusiastic and very Catholic beekeeping mentee Megan announced that she would stop by the farm to…
Read MoreOh, The Joys of Swarm Season
Ettamarie Peterson It’s just a few days past the Winter solstice and I am already getting geared up for swarm season. That is because…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Easter for Beekeepers Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel For beekeepers checking the queen status of their hives, it’s one giant egg hunt from early…
Read MoreGreater Honey, Greater Cause
Jeff Kennedy I am a beekeeper, albeit unintentionally. My introduction to Apis mellifera is likely similar to that of others born before 1990. During…
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A Closer Look
Robbing Behavior Honey bee robbing behavior may take two different forms Clarence Collison Honey bee robbing behavior may take two different forms: stealing honey…
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Thymol
Considerations for a Successful Varroa Treatment Dr. Claudia Garrido There are several highly efficient treatments against varroa mites which are based on substances from…
Read MoreBeekeeping Critical Thoughts
Weather and Honey Bees Earl Hoffman Please let us consider thoughts on how wind, rain, floods, ice/snow, and drought affect honey bee colonies. Think…
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From the Editor QUESTION #1 One of my hives died out. A pile of dead bees appeared outside of the hive entrance. The bees…
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