Meet Christina Grozinger
By: Jay Evans Annual Interview Section I have the honor of sharing insights into the career and life of Christina Grozinger, Distinguished Professor at…
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It’s SUMMERS TIME!
Time Flies. The years sure seem to go faster, the older I get. And every year we never get it all done. But we…
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The Useful And Versatile Castor Bean Plant
By Connie Krochmal A number of oilseed crops happen to be good plants for bees, including the castor bean (Ricinus communis). Reportedly native to…
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Bottom Board
By Ed Colby Eighty-Sixed In the Almonds That redheaded Tina got in a little over her head when she volunteered to re-structure the Colorado…
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synthetic biology An Advantageous Approach To Combat Bee Diseases
The iGEM “Tec-Chihuahua” Team Honey. Floral and sweet honey. Fresh as fruits or aged as wine. Just like bees, beekeepers want to give the…
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Beeyard Thoughts, Observations, and Updates
By James E Tew A Summer of washboarding behavior – Some wild guesses and assumptions? We are told, but we cannot understand I have…
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Glyphosate
By Ross Conrad Safe For Bees And Beekeepers? As a beekeeper I used to make the mistake of blaming farmers and chemical researchers for…
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Information – Good or Bad
By Ann Harman Words surround us in various ways all during our waking hours. Our brains get bombarded every day by words. Radio, television,…
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A Summer / Winter Hive Ventilation Box
By Lorna Cook Directions for one 8 frame ventilation box. Buy List / Cut List 1-1×4 Pine KD x 8 feet, cut 2-20 inches…
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Hive House Therapy
By Cassandra Vore “Take a deep, calming breath and in your mind’s eye, image if you will, being led into a small clearing. A…
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Those Who Care Enough
By Jennifer Berry Last month’s article highlighted the first ladies to have passed the Georgia Master Beekeeper Journeyman exam. This was possible because of…
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DOWNTOWN It’s Harder For You, Urban Newbee
By Toni Burnham The Golden Years Are Gone. The most experienced beekeepers I know tell me of golden years some three decades ago, before…
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Plan Ahead
By David MacFawn Next Season In The Southeast. Planning is critical for your operation’s success and your colony growth plan is one of several…
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THERMOGRAPHY II PERSONAL APPLICATION
By R. Micheal Magnini In part one of this article in May I outlined the availability of this technology to beekeepers, and its prospective…
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The Legacy Of CCD
By Malcolm Sanford Honey Bee Research On The Rise. In retrospect, 2006 appears to have been a banner year with reference to honey bee…
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MELISSOPALYNOLOGY
By Vaughn Bryant The Science Of Using Pollen To Study Honey. INTRODUCTION Melissopalynology is the study of pollen in honey. The term comes from…
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Confessions Of A Corn Entomologist
By Jonathan Lundgren Conventional wisdom in commodity based agriculture has done more harm than good. Many are looking for a component solution to bee…
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Bee Whisperers
By Greta Burroughs Watching, Listening & Learning – Citizen Science Comes To The Honey Bee. It is getting more and more complicated to be…
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A Closer Look
By Clarence Collison MUSHROOM BODIES IN THE BEE BRAIN Mushroom bodies (MB) are brain centers required for specific learning tasks. Mushroom bodies or corpora…
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BXML Part 2 Achieving The Goal Of Standardized Data
By Joseph Cazier, Walter Haefeker & Edgar Hassler In Search Of The Genius Hive Last month, in the October issue of Bee Culture, our…
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