An Interview with Hector Alvarez
California Beekeeper From Mexico Ettamarie Peterson I first met Hector Alvarez at the Sonoma County Beekeepers’ Club (now an association) meetings twenty-eight years ago….
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Beekeeping Youtubers You Might Like
Stephen Bishop It used to be if you wanted to get into hobby beekeeping, first you planted a little garden, then you got chickens,…
Read MoreWhy Didn’t You Listen To Your Mentor Part 1
Ed Simon The three parts of this collection are subsets of the 263 hints, definitions and informational tidbits gathered in over twenty years of…
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Bottom Board
Tom Theobald Ed Colby The person who inspired me to start writing about bees 20 years ago was legendary Boulder, Colorado beekeeper Tom Theobald….
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Found in Translation
Smells Promising Jay Evans It is pretty obvious that Varroa mites love honey bees. This love is realized by the mites’ sense of touch…
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An Interview with Benjamin Vasquez Jessica Lawrence For the interview edition, I wanted to put a highlight on beginner beekeepers. They face obstacles now…
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It’s Summers Time –
Kathy Summers Fall, Poultry and Happy Thanksgiving – So far here in Northeast Ohio Fall has not been very dramatic. We’re still having warm…
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A Closer Look
Queen Health The reproductive quality and health of a queen are essential to ensure colony growth. Clarence Collison Managed honey bee colonies face multiple…
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Patricia Harness I have some great queens, three sets of sisters. Is it overly optimistic to expect their daughters to be great? What makes…
Read MoreBuild A Dual Pane Inner Cover
Leonard Riepenhoff We install dual pane windows to keep our homes cooler in warm weather, and warmer in cold weather, why not do the…
Read MoreWizards and Prophets
Jeremy Barnes “Don’t you think it would be sad if the human race suffered a catastrophe?” Charles Mann asked the late, great evolutionary biologist…
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Bigger Picture
Francisco Farmfest Jessica Lawrence Our community has been holding our annual Farmfest for a few years now, but last year was modified for the…
Read MoreFall Honey Recipe
Shana Archibald Apple Cider Donuts 1½ cups apple cider 1 cinnamon stick 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly 2 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon salt…
Read MoreCalifornia Beekeeping From Past to Present
Ettamarie Peterson Up to a century and a half ago, overland shipment of bees to California was considered impossible – travel through the Great…
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Writing for BC
Ed Simon It was cold in Minnesota! At minus four degrees, everything was canceled on this Sunday morning and my “Cabin Fever” was running…
Read MoreConeflower, Please
Alyssum Flowers No garden or landscape should be without coneflower, Echinaceae spp. due to its cheery flowers, rugged hardiness and perennial visitation of many…
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The World’s Best Pollinator Plot
Stephen Bishop Well, I’ve done it. I’ve made a contribution to beekeeping science. I would like to thank everybody who has ever doubted my…
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Bee-toxic Pesticide Use In Almond Orchards During Bloom
Brittney Goodrich1 & Jennie Durant2 Each year, the majority of U.S. commercial beekeepers truck their honey bees to California to pollinate almonds from mid-February…
Read MoreBuild A Stainless Uncapping Tank
No More Plastic Ed Simon Are you tired of using a plastic uncapping tank that moves whenever you bump it and then needs to…
Read MoreApiary Inspection Tennessee
Mike Studer The Tennessee Department of Agriculture Apiary Program currently has 6 part-time inspectors and one full time State Apiarist. To supplement the high…
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