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Fall Planning Dr. Tracy Farone “Fall Planning” Tomorrow the calendar will say “July” and many beekeepers are focusing on Spring extraction. It is easy…
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A “Dutch Uncle” Talks Beekeeping
Ernie Schmidt The dictionary says the definition of a Dutch Uncle is – “1. A counselor who admonishes frankly and sternly. 2. One who…
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Meeting Adjourned
Stephen Bishop Some curious readers have inquired about my credentials, and some conspiratorially-inclined question whether I even exist. The same happened with Shakespeare; he…
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New Reading For Fall –
A Natural History Of Insects in 100 Limericks. Richard A. Jones (Author) and Calvin Ure-Jones (Illustrator). Published by Pelagic Publishing (www.pelagicpublishuing.com), UK. 5” x…
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Bigger Picture
Beekeepers and Hoarding Jessica Louque For those of you who listened to our podcast with Kim Flottum and Jeff Ott, we got quite a…
Read MoreDealing With A Case of European Foulbrood
An old disease with now new solutions James E. Tew Tempus fugit Time flies. Since 1974, I can document publishing more than 600 beekeeping…
Read MoreDronings From A Queen Bee
Settling In Charlotte Hubbard My friend Rob is a private pilot. He flies for fun on the occasional weekend, and flies (pre-pandemic) internationally on…
Read MoreBottom Board
Dog Days Ed Colby It’s early July as I write, and hot enough to make a beekeeper cry for mercy. Our western Colorado highs…
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Western Growers Association
John Miller Just after mid-August, 2021, Western Growers Assn. sponsored a virtual meeting with their members and Silicon Valley investors interested in Agricultural assets….
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Meeting With Mimi Aung, Lead Engineer on the Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Jerry Hayes Jerry – Thank you for taking time to talk to me!…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Powering Your Bee With Flowers Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel What bees really need are more flowers. Seems easy enough, but like achieving world…
Read MoreIbiza, Spain
Beehives Made of Stones and Logs Friederike Diestel When wandering around in nature on Ibiza, if you are lucky, you will discover massive, partly…
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OBITUARY
Hillsboro, WI – Leland R. “Lee” Heine, age 73 years, of rural Hillsboro, Wisconsin, passed away on Sunday, August 1, 2021, peacefully after fighting…
Read MoreComparison Of Treatment-Free Cultural Controls With Formic Acid Varroa Mite (Varroa destructor) Treatments In Managed Apis mellifera Colonies
Ross Conrad ABSTRACT The parasitic mite, Varroa destructor is the most widespread pest of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera. This mite reproduces in…
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It’s Summers Time –
Looking At Numbers And Saying Good-bye Kathy Summers So because of COVID and just in general being short-handed in our Publications department for the…
Read MoreQUALITY VS. QUALITY VS. QUALITY
Jeremy Barnes I need to have some paving done here at home. My neighbor was having asphalt laid in his driveway so I walked…
Read MoreTeaching Old Colonial Williamsburg’s Wild Honey Bees New Tricks
Joel Voron Wild honey bees are usually not a problem here at Colonial Williamsburg. However, one voicemail was about to change that. In June…
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Beekeepers Are Like Bees – Tom Theobald’s Everyday Impact
Kathryn Thompson Last Fall, I volunteered to visit with Paul Limbach and Tom Theobald to write some Colorado beekeeping history. The two long-time beekeepers,…
Read MoreLooking For A Different Perspective
Dr. Tracy Farone Looking for different perspectives… As I write this at the end of June and the dawn of July, it is berry…
Read MoreIt’s Summers Time –
Lots Happening In Medina It’s been busy here in Medina so far this Summer – at home, at work and just in general. First…
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