An Interview with James Thompson
By: Barb Bloetscher Friends know James (Jim) Thompson as a beekeeper, EAS Master Beekeeper, Honey Judge, former Apiary Inspector, Chevy SSR (convertible truck with…
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An Interview with Anne Turnham
Minding Your Bees and Cues By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel This year we decided to interview beekeeper Anne Turnham. Even though she doesn’t…
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A Conversation with Kim Flottum, Part 1
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! A Conversation…
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Found in Translation
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Honey Recipe
Honeyed Cornbread from the National Honey Board Website (https://honey.com/recipe/honeyed-cornbread) Ingredients □ 2½ cups self-rising cornmeal □ ½ tsp salt □ ¼ cup vegetable oil…
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Petro Prokopovych
Father of the Modern Hive By: John Gordon Sennett “Assigning myself to one branch of agriculture—beekeeping, I devoted my whole life, all my thoughts,…
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A Closer Look
Queen Banks By: Clarence Collison Queen banking is the storage of queens individually in cages and placed in a colony to be cared for…
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The Honey Bee’s Winter Nest
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Chemical-Free Yellow Jacket Removal
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Read MoreFive Most Useful Items References
Below are the articles referenced in Ed Simon’s article Five Most Useful Items. The Jig is Up: Download the PDF Frame Jig – Multiple: Download…
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Found in Translation
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Empowering Beekeepers
The Eastern Apicultural Society’s Annual Conference By: David Burns In my years as a beekeeper, I’ve attended quite a few conferences. But there’s one…
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Honey Recipe
Honey Cutout Cookies By: Laurie Lawrence Cookie Ingredients □ 2½ cups + 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour □ ⅔ cup corn starch □ 1 teaspoon…
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Where Bees Originated
Bees Originated in Western Gondwana before Breakup of Africa and South America, Study Suggests by News Staff Bees are the most significant pollinators of flowering…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Is vaccinating bees in our future? By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Feeling nostalgic for the days when the word “vaccination” was ubiquitous in…
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Saving Ukraine’s National Beekeeping Institute and Museum
By: John Gordon Sennett June 26, 2023 was a quiet cool day in Kyiv, Ukraine. No Air Raid sirens woke us in the middle…
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A Sting Operation at the Maine State Prison
By: Jane Dunstan Originally published in the August/September 2023 issue of The Bee Line While giving a tap room talk on honey bees for The Farmer’s Lyceum…
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Yellow-legged Hornet in North America
What does this mean for beekeepers? By: Gard W. Otis The Yellow-legged Hornet, Vespa velutina, has been discovered in the state of Georgia! This…
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The Quiet Evolution of Apiary Mowing
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A Doorway to Nature
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