Western Growers Association
John Miller Just after mid-August, 2021, Western Growers Assn. sponsored a virtual meeting with their members and Silicon Valley investors interested in Agricultural assets….
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Powering Your Bee With Flowers Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel What bees really need are more flowers. Seems easy enough, but like achieving world…
Read MoreIbiza, Spain
Beehives Made of Stones and Logs Friederike Diestel When wandering around in nature on Ibiza, if you are lucky, you will discover massive, partly…
Read MoreComparison Of Treatment-Free Cultural Controls With Formic Acid Varroa Mite (Varroa destructor) Treatments In Managed Apis mellifera Colonies
Ross Conrad ABSTRACT The parasitic mite, Varroa destructor is the most widespread pest of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera. This mite reproduces in…
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OBITUARY
Hillsboro, WI – Leland R. “Lee” Heine, age 73 years, of rural Hillsboro, Wisconsin, passed away on Sunday, August 1, 2021, peacefully after fighting…
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It’s Summers Time –
Looking At Numbers And Saying Good-bye Kathy Summers So because of COVID and just in general being short-handed in our Publications department for the…
Read MoreQUALITY VS. QUALITY VS. QUALITY
Jeremy Barnes I need to have some paving done here at home. My neighbor was having asphalt laid in his driveway so I walked…
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Beekeepers Are Like Bees – Tom Theobald’s Everyday Impact
Kathryn Thompson Last Fall, I volunteered to visit with Paul Limbach and Tom Theobald to write some Colorado beekeeping history. The two long-time beekeepers,…
Read MoreLooking For A Different Perspective
Dr. Tracy Farone Looking for different perspectives… As I write this at the end of June and the dawn of July, it is berry…
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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…
Read MoreApiary Inspection Ohio
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…
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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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…
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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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