Category: July 2025
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Honey Recipe
Watermelon Salad With Whipped Feta This Recipe is from the National Honey Board https://honey.com/recipe/watermelon-salad-with-whipped-feta Yield: Makes 4 servings Ingredients For Honey Balsamic Reduction: □ ½ C White balsamic vinegar □ 2 T Honey □ 1 tsp. Dijon mustard □ Zest of 1 Orange + 2 T of the juice □ ¼ tsp Kosher salt For…
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Show Your Summer Bloomers!
By: Alyssum Flowers Summer heat and drought can pay a toll on perennials and the annuals planted in Spring. Soon the lush greenery and bright colors fade to tired, dry browns. This is an excellent time to visit your local nurseries and greenhouses to adopt heat-tolerant Summer annuals that will also provide nectar and/or pollen…
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The Brave New World of Beekeeping Created By Our Climate Emergency Part 2
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! The Brave New World of Beekeeping Created By Our Climate Emergency Part 2 By: Ross Conrad Last month in Part I of this article, we looked at the impacts the growing climate crisis…
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Hive Inspections & Human Bias: More Than Meets the Eye
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: David Burns Years ago, I held an advance beekeeping course at my training center. Something surprising happened and it has stayed with me ever since. I split the class of 16 experienced…
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Off the Wahl Beekeeping
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! New(ish) Beekeeper Column Beneath the Bottom Board By: Richard Wahl Two Types of Bottom Boards It goes without saying that one of the basic components of a beehive is a bottom board. Bottom…
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Bee Vet
Click Here if you watched/listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback. Why Would God Put a Stinger on a Honey Bee?By: Dr. Tracy Farone I recently heard a new country song on the radio (yes, I am so old that I still listen to country radio). The…
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The Flow Suit
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Stephen Bishop My wife is a big believer in weather-appropriate clothing. In the morning, she consults a weather app on her phone to inform her wardrobe decisions for the day. Sometimes after…
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Managing And Manipulating Honey Bee Queens
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! An Integral Aspect of Keeping BeesBy: James E. Tew (Click on photos to enlarge) Getting comfortable handling queens Like so many other aspects of beekeeping, confidence and comfort when catching and handling queens…