THERMOGRAPHY
By: R. Micheal Magnini Honey bees are among the very few insects that produce body heat. This is a result of the digestion of…
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He Fought The Law . . . And The Law Won
By: Noel Sweeney Law is our language of natural justice which we use to speak for the strong and the weak. Part of its…
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Honey As An ANTIBIOTIC It’s the little things that count, it seems!
By: Tianna Kolody Honey is widely accepted as a source of natural antioxidants, with applications for food preservation and human health. In general, antioxidants…
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Safety First- 2 Dozen Good Ideas
By: David MacFawn Safety in the Beeyard Best Practice is the first in a series of best practices developed for the South Carolina Beekeepers…
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Will You Be … grilling or barbecuing – with honey, of course – this Summer?
By: Ann Harman It all depends on where you live. In the South, barbecue has a strict definition. The restaurant signs will spell it…
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BEES IN TREES
By: Dewey Caron Beekeeping is one of the oldest forms of food production dating as far back as 13,000 BC. Human cultures were initially…
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Dill And Related Herbs As Bee Plants
By: Connie Krochmal This article continues the series on herbs in the carrot/parsley family. Nearly 10 or so of these species are attractive to…
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Checking In
By: Ross Conrad How often is enough? I recently had a fairly new beekeeper ask me how often they should inspect their hive. Apparently…
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World Bee Day May 20th! Celebrate!
By: Ann Chilcott World Bee Day? Yes, it’s official. On the 20th December 2017 the United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a resolution declaring…
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All Hail! The King or Queen
By: Tina Sebestyen The queen I am referring to is the president of the bee club. Of course, not all bee club presidents are…
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U.S. Honey Industry Report – 2017
By Kim Flottum United States honey production in 2017 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 148 million pounds, down nine percent from…
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Processing Honey: A Closer Look
By: Bob Binnie The debate on what constitutes good food seems to be endless. Diets abound with notions that are as varied as the…
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Harvesting Honey
By: David MacFawn Harvesting and extracting your honey crop in the Southeast region can occur as early as April or May. In South Carolina…
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Peering Into The Future A Path To The Genius Hive
By: Joseph Cazier The Genius hive will be able to tell you what it needs to do better. Introduction Many of the changes we are…
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Bring Those Packages Home!
By: Tina Sebestyen Sometimes tragedy strikes beekeepers and bee clubs. One fellow I know had an emergency that demanded immediate attention just as he was…
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SWARM INITIATION A Nurse Bee Hypothesis
By: Edward Balogh Maybe the nurse bees start it all. Dr. Tom Seeley (46) acknowledged and restated that “he would love to know how…
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Garden Time
By: Ann Harman Garden catalogs are timed to arrive about the first of January. You search the pages (or online) for the vegetables and…
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Found In Translation
By: Jay Evans C-C-Decade –Reflections On 10 Years Of Chasing A Curse We in the scientific world can bask in many battles won through…
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Figure
By: Stephen Bishop In twilight, my wife’s poppaw Lowry was already sporting blue-plaid pajamas and was supposed to be retired for the day. Yet there…
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The Dystopian Bees Of Blade Runner 2049
By: Miles Sarvis-Wilburn The word dystopia is the antonym of utopia, the latter commonly thought of as an ideal place or good imaginary world….
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