Queen Pheromone
By: Clarence Collison This article originally appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Queen pheromone is complex and is…
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Getting Ready For a Southern Season
By: David E. MacFawn This article originally appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Good, well thought planning is…
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The Chicken Chick in the Beeyard
By: Gail Damerow This article originally appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Getting into beekeeping accidentally isn’t always…
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Downtown: It’s Harder For You, Urban Newbee
By: Toni Burnham This article originally appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years The most experienced beekeepers I know…
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Glimmer in a Ditch
By: Stephen Bishop This article originally appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Somewhere in a ditch guarded by…
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The Evolution of Beehive Covers
By: Jim Thompson This article originally appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years I have found it interesting to…
Read More1st Year Hive Tasks
By: Ann Harman This article originally appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years • The bee year is winding…
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Stingy
By: Ann Harman This article originally appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Now that you are a beekeeper…
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Hazards of Beekeeping
By Ross Conrad Lyme Disease Lurks Out There Despite all its pleasures, beekeeping also presents many potential risks and hazards. Besides being stung, beekeepers…
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Bee Kid’s Corner
Conservation Field Day
By Stephen Bishop By the third group, I had my timing and applause lines down. To be fair, elementary school students are easy to…
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Organize A Black Jar Honey Contest
By Suzy Spencer What is a “black jar” honey contest? In a normal, standard honey contest, the moisture percentage, fill-level of three jars, clarity,…
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Letters From Behind Bars
By Jennifer Berry Several years ago, I wrote an article about the first class to became certified beekeepers in a maximum security prison through…
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Why Are My Top-Bar Combs Crooked
By Wyatt Mangum Top-bar hive beekeepers need straight interchangeable combs in all hives, so they can manage colonies efficiently. For example in routine colony…
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A Sweet Opportunity For Business Growth
By Todd Harris It’s not often that a person is able to merge their passion (beekeeping) with their profession (Crop Insurance). So, when I…
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Bigger Picture
By Jessica Lougue Tier II Tunnel Study Basic Design I’ve written some in the past about the general ins and outs of this type…
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Found in Translation
By Jay Evans Love In The Time Of Chasmogasmy: How And When Do Bees Improve Soybean Fields? As I wrote two months ago, the…
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A Closer Look
By Clarence Collison HONEY BEES AND MAGNETIC FIELDS Is there a pull? Over the years scientists have been interested in determining the effect of…
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BXML Part 1 The Power of BIG Data & Analytics
By Joseph Cazier & Walter Haefeker Enough Data To Build A True Genius Hive. Introduction In previous articles in this series, such as “Peering…
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Do Pesticides Kill Honey Bees?
By Malcolm Sanford A recent spate of articles/comments in Bee Culture has focused on the effects of pesticides on honey bees. These tend to emphasize…
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