Native Bee Conservation In Nicaragua
Farmers in Central America have been practicing beekeeping for hundreds of years. Now, Paso Pacifico, a biodiversity conservation organization based in Ventura, California, is…
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Beeyard Thoughts, Observations, and Updates
By James E. Tew The late Summer suicidal swarms of 2018 Late season swarms No doubt, this saga is mostly – if not all…
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The Aspinwall Name
By Jim Thompson I purchased some Aspinwall no swarm frames in the 1980s and today I thought that I would find a little about…
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Top Bar Protein
By: Wyatt Magnum This article originally appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Top Bar hives need a hanger…
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Lavender Hills Farm
By: Tom Morrisey This article originally appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Keepers of the bees and producers…
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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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