Are You Listening?
By: Apis Mellifera Introduction The history of beekeeping is filled with observations that have led to many efficiencies in the human manipulation of honey bee colonies. The…
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DOWNTOWN
By: Toni Burnham Bee Sting Allergy Basics And Allergy Understanding For Beekeepers It probably happens every time you talk to a group of people…
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The Story of A.I. Root – The Warehouse Fire!
By: A.I. Root At the national convention in Cincinnati in 1882 I had announced that I would take a foundation mill with me and…
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Inner Cover
By: Kim Flottum “America’s farmland is disappearing at a rate of three acres every minute.” American Farmland Trust. AFT surveys land use with…
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INNERCOVER
By: Kim Flottum The weather won this Spring. For the first time in – I guess nearly 50 years – I didn’t have some…
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The Story of A.I. Root
By: A.I. Root Entertaining Angels Unaware At one time in the spring of 1878, after paying all my debts I had about $3000 in…
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Honey Bees Don’t Get To Pick Their Poison
By: Christopher Mayack Exposure To Multiple Pesticides Appears To Be Quite Pervasive And Spans From Rural To Urban Areas. Many beekeepers I interact with on…
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SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING, PART 3
By: Meghan Milbrath When I started to keep bees as a business rather than a hobby, I sat down and wrote a business plan and…
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INFORMATION LITERACY FOR BEEKEEPERS
By: Ellie Andrews Honey bees are the best teacher. Or so they say. Unfortunately, mine don’t speak English, and I can be a little dimwitted,…
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Honey Bee Colony Losses 2018-2019 – Preliminary Results
By: The Bee Informed Partnership The Bee Informed Partnership (BIP; http://beeinformed.org) recently conducted the 13th annual survey of managed honey bee colony losses in the…
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Let’s Go For A Drink
By: Ann Harman “Whew! It’s hot up here on this rooftop. There’s plenty of sidewalk cafes here in the city – let’s go find…
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Found in Translation
By: Jay Evans Varroa mites remain enemy number one among the living threats to honey bees. This is despite decades of attempts to understand…
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Inner Cover
By: Kim Flottum So, the unemployment numbers in this country have been staggeringly low for the past few months, and I am quite sure that…
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The Story of A.I. Root
By: A.I. Root Comb Foundation Made of Paraffin In June, 1876, I was filling orders for comb foundation made of paraffin. In my experiments…
Read More2018 Annual Honey Report
By: A.I. Root In past years we have provided this report in our May issue, following a February release of this data. However, due…
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Save Lives! Monitor Hives!
By: Meghan Milbrath Our goal as beekeepers is to keep our bees safe and healthy, and to make sure that our beekeeping doesn’t affect…
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External Hive Inspection
By: Ross Conrad In the age of ubiquitous Varroa mites, potentially devastating small hive beetles, unpredictable weather patterns, rampant viral infections, nosema with minimal…
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Smokers
By: David MacFawn Smoker size and the fuel used can have an impact on the beekeeper’s satisfaction. Large smokers are generally easier to light…
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Inner Cover
By: Kim Flottum “Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming…” ― David Bowie “…and a lot of it will be wrong, but just…
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A Honey Bee’s Guide To Managing Beekeepers
By: The Beekeeper’s most common complaint, after the cost of equipment, bad queens, government idiots, and low honey prices, is that bees don’t read…
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