Club Success At Events . . . Get Volunteers And GO!
By: Terry Lieberman-Smith When standing at a club table at a fair, talking about honey bees and beekeeping, your volunteer will receive the full attention,…
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A Closer Look
By: Clarence Collison Wings and Flight “Wings are not true appendages like the legs but are thin outgrowths of the skeleton which have been…
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Bigger Picture
By: Jessica Louque A new Season, A New Package Installation This year, we decided to shake things up a bit and give The Carolina…
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Huckleberries ~ Vaccinium
: Connie Krochmal Two groups of bee plants are known as huckleberries – Vaccinium spp. and Gaylussacia spp. The former, which are most common…
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Some Beeyard Thoughts, Observations and Updates
By: James Tew Some thoughts on Senior Citizen Beekeeping. What is a healthy colony anway? Your new package bees should be thriving by…
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Beekeeping On A Budget
By: Ross Conrad In order to keep bees, you are not required to own or rent land. Often, landowners are happy to let you…
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Downtown The Quest For The Model Urban Bee Law
By: Toni Burnham Free Advice Is Seldom Cheap There’s an old saying: free advice is seldom cheap, and this column may qualify for that…
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It’s Time For A New Extractor And Maybe, A New Honey House
By: Ann Harman Never again! The club’s two-frame, hand-cranked extractor was just fine a few years ago for Robert’s two hives but this year with…
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Bottom Board
By: Ed Colby Shortcuts. I’d never seen bees just pour out of a hive unless they were swarming. But on a warm late April…
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Dr. Elina Niño California’s New Extension Specialist
by Larry Connor The University of California, Department of Entomology at Davis, has a new entomologist on staff covering extension and research in…
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Professional IR Cameras
by Jerry Bromenshenk Getting the most out of an IR camera. Lesson Learned Last month, I wrote about using infrared (IR) cameras to image…
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THINKING INSIDE THE BOX: Colony Demography Or What Shape Is Your Colony In?
by Lloyd Harris Every tangible object can be represented with an oval, a rectangle, a triangle, or some combination of the three basic object…
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A CLOSER LOOK: Starvation/Undernourished Colonies
by Clarence Collison Honey bee larvae are frequently inspected and, sometimes, provided with food by adult workers, but the stimuli that elicit the important…
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Ask Phil
by Phil Craft Got A Question? He Knows! Q: A beekeeper in North Carolina writes: This will be my 3rd season as a…
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BOTTOM BOARD: Last Day On The Job
by Ed Colby My Aspen Mountain ski patrol boss Bud gave me my best job evaluation ever, maybe because this is…
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The Apicultural Coverup
Begins In Your Backyard by Ross Conrad I am surprised at the number of highly regarded and experienced beekeepers who blame the dramatically…
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What’s For Lunch?
by Ann Harman Over the many centuries of man’s association with bees, including throughout beekeeping husbandry, one fact was well-known – if there…
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Swarm Signals
by Ann Chilcott Just imagine returning home relishing setting down overfilled grocery bags, and sitting in the shade with a nice cup of…
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Bee Kid’s Corner June 2016
Produced by Kim Lehman http://www.kimlehman.com
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Some Beeyard Thoughts
Observations and Updates by James Tew Setback beekeeping – dealing with discouragement. Bee diarrhea may not always bee diarrhea – apparently. Growing old…
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