Scotland’s Legendary Heather Moors
by Ann Chilcott If you have never experienced a Scottish hillside in August with the heather in full bloom, and its unmistakably sweet scent…
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An Office Visit
by Ed Colby I like to mound snow around my beehives for insulation, and this clear, bitter-cold January day would be a good day…
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Taking Advantage Of Winter To Help Reduce Pesks
by Jennifer Berry While the frost still lingers here in the south (and the snow to our north), it’s time to take care of…
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A Closer Look: Sound Generation and Hearing
by Clarence Collison Vibrations and sounds, collectively called vibroacoustics, play significant roles in intracolony communication in honey bees (Hunt and Richard 2013). For many…
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Climate Change
A Bee Problem We Can Potentially Solve – Part 3 by Ross Conrad The dramatic increase in the earth’s atmospheric carbon levels and the…
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The Horizontal Two-Queen System
by William Hesbach Two Queens One Colony As beekeepers discovered long ago, a single colony with two queens generally builds a large population of…
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Sublimation
The Best Way To Kill Varroa With Oxalic Acid by Frances L.W. Ratnieks, Luciano Scandian, Hasan Al Toufailia Summary LASI research shows that of…
Read MoreThe Queen In Glass
The American Glass Guild by Scott Ouderkirk Bees – We hear so much about them lately, but most people still aren’t aware how much…
Read MoreVentilation, Ventilation, Ventilation
by Charles Schwend I sell well-established working beehives, with their honey stores, to buyers far and near, from Spring through Fall. During hot or…
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Standard Top Bars For The Beekeeper
by TJ Carr & John Bradford Introduction We know that honey bees and beekeepers contribute greatly to American agriculture and to our dining pleasures….
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Installing A Queen
by Jim Thompson What seems to be a rather routine procedure may not be. At various times a beekeeper finds that the queen needs…
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Build A Feeder Jar Stand
by Ed Simon Introduction: Spring is here again and you have decided to double your hive count. Of course that mans that there will…
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Making Striped Rolled Beeswax Candles
by Julie Finn My kids and I have made a LOT of rolled beeswax candles. It’s kind of our thing. My kids have homemade…
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The Politics Of Killing Bees
by Katherine Kiefer The plight of the honey bee has national attention, now can our political process really “Give Bees a Chance?” There are…
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New For Spring
BroodMinder is a wireless temperature and humidity monitor for beehives that uses Bluetooth low energy technology to transmit data to a mobile device or…
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Climate Change
A bee problem we can potentially solve – Part 2 by Ross Conrad Last month in part one of this three part series on…
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Infrared: The Next Generation In Colony Management
by Jerry Bromenshenk Inspecting the Hive Have you ever wished that you could check your bees without having to suit up, get the smoker…
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Home, January 1, 1917 Dear Sis; The Christmas box that came the day before Christmas from your house could not have been more enjoyed….
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The Hows, Ways And Whys Of Weighing Hives: Lonnie Funderburg
by Lonnie Funderburg My interest in honey bees began in the Fall of 1989 with a visit to my office by a client who…
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Frames Used In Beehives
by Jim Thompson Any one starting beekeeping today may not realize the discovery, manufacture, assembly, and use of the frames in a beehive. If…
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