Bee Driven Mid-Life Crisis
Part 4 – A Shout Out to my Friends By: James Masucci When I made my decision to focus on bees, I had several…
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A Tanging Tempest in the Beeyard
By: James E. Tew Should I apologize? Should I immediately apologize for spending your reading time on an antiquated subject like “tanging” while other…
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Cell Punch Queen Rearing
By: Roland Gerner With this method, even beekeepers who have difficulties with grafting due to failing eyesight or other reasons can breed queens. It…
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Florida State Science Fair
Most teens favor dogs, cats, or maybe fish. Atreya Manaswi, a 9th grader from Orlando, Florida, prefers a very different creature: Apis mellifera, the…
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Lots Happening In Medina It’s been busy here in Medina so far this Summer – at home, at work and just in general. First…
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Good Help Can Be Found Dr. Tracy Farone On a rare day off in mid-May, I went fishing with my family, ironically at Slippery…
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History is Hints and Scraps
John Miller “History is hints and scraps of a former self.” It’s not my quote; but I know a good quote when I steal…
Read MoreBee Driven Mid-Life Crisis, Part 4 A Shout Out To My Friends
James Masucci When I made my decision to focus on bees, I had several concerns. How big do I want my business to be?…
Read MoreUnreal Drones in the Apiary
Dewey Caron Have you ever flown a drone? Not the live drones you find in your bee colony or tethered drones you might fly…
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Bottom Board
Aristotle And Bees Ed Colby My bee-hauling rig is a 1983 converted E350 Ford van. A former owner cut out the middle of this…
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Booke Decker Barbara Bloetscher, Ohio – Ohio Department of Agriculture is a State Entomologist/Apiarist who oversees the Apiary Inspection Program. Ohio is unique compared to…
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Wholesome Remedies
Alexandra Nastasa Reprinted with thanks to BeeScene and the BC Honey Producers. Somewhere in a Dutch laboratory, bees are reportedly being trained to test…
Read MoreFound in Translation
Social Thoughts Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Honey bees, like other social insects, think both for themselves and for their colonies. All animals…
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Going for a Ride
How Bees Carrying Fungi are Protecting Agroecosystems Part 1 By: Charlotte Coates et al. In recent years, the global decline in pollinator populations has…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Genetic Diversification and Tracking Results Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel So you’re a new beekeeper and need to purchase a new queen (Who squashed…
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New Reading for Beekeepers
Honey Bee Alchemy. A contemporary look at the mysterious world of bees, hive products and health. By Valery A. Isidorov. Jointly published by The…
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Optimizing Bee Gut Immunity
Varun Madan We have all heard the statistics. The number of managed commercial honey bee hives has been declining by approximately 50% in the…
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From the Editor – 45% Losses From April 2020 To April 2021
U.S. Beekeepers Continue to Report High Colony Loss Rates, No Clear Progression Toward Improvement. Annual Bee Informed Partnership survey results show the continuing cycle…
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Can Solar Energy Fuel Pollinator Conservation?
Adam G. Dolezal1, Jacob Torres1, and Matthew E. O’Neal2,3, 1University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 320 Morrill Hall, 505 S. Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801,…
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A Royal Drama
Stephen Bishop [While working a hive, a BEEKEEPER carried on a thoughtful conversation with HER MAJESTY, who just happened to be in a chatty…
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