Book Review-Honey Bee Biology
By: Mark Winston Books about honey bees gravitate towards two poles: practical guides to beekeeping, and works on biology. While beekeeping books are of…
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Soils Are Important to Honey Plants and Bee Locations
Part 2: A Knowledge of Soils Can Help the Beekeeper to Choose Good Bee Locations By: Michael Johnston It is important for all beekeepers…
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AHH! TO HAVE THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT
By: James Masucci The problem with being a sideliner is that you are “in between”. Too small for all the cool things that the…
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Management Tactics to Keep Mites Low
By: Tina Sebestyen As mentioned in my previous article, miticides, and even organic miticides, have detrimental effects on honey bees at all levels; workers,…
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Honey Recipe
Zucchini & Tomato Flatbreads By: Emma Wadel Ingredients □ 1 zucchini □ A small tub of grape tomatoes □ 1 garlic clove □ 1…
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Successful Re-Queening Strategies
By: Tina Sebestyen In my May article, Control Swarming Without Splitting, I mentioned the benefits of re-queening colonies in July. To quickly re-cap, colonies…
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Bee Vet
Technical Updates By: Dr. Tracy Farone It is mid-May here in the foothills of Pennsylvania. The locust trees are in full bloom. It looks…
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John Root’s Passing
John Alan Root, age 90 of Sarasota, Florida, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on April 26, 2023, after a 23-year journey with Parkinson’s…
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Behind the Scenes For The Bees
How IR-4 Supports Beekeepers and Honey Bees through Research and Regulation By: Hannah Ross & Philip Moore Photos By: Logan Powers From pest infestations…
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By: Ed Colby That gal Marilyn said, “I have a lot of nice thrift store clothes, but we never go anywhere, so I never…
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By: Alyssum Flowers “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” said Benjamin Franklin, almost 300 years ago. His sage advice is…
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Study Hall
Grumpy Swarm From the Editor, Jerry Hayes QUESTION Early on, I was fortunate to discover that the myth that all swarms are gentle is…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
A Swarm in July Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel A swarm in May is worth a load of hay; a swarm in June is…
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The Stark Reality
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Jeremy’s Corner-Too Little Too Late
By: Jeremy Barnes Jeremy’s Corner On March 2nd, 2023, Michael Benfield, spoke on the fiftieth anniversary of Green Party of England and Wales, of…
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How to Inspect a Hive Part 2
By: Darryl Gabritsch Inspecting a hive is only one part of colony management. If you see an issue while inspecting a hive there are…
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A Cross Section of Society
By: Stephen Bishop As an introvert, I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but I’m glad conferences are back. The pandemic was a…
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CHC, ABF and Tropilaelaps
By: Charles Linder, American Beekeeping Federation In the April and May editions of Bee Culture, there has been some information shared on the Tropilaelaps…
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Found in Translation
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Off the Wahl Beekeeping
Weather as a Factor in Beekeeping New(ish) Beekeeper Column By: Richard Wahl We all know that one of the greater challenges in beekeeping is…
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