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A Big Dilemma By: Ed Colby Cats are a dime a dozen, until you need one. Mice rule the barn where I store my…
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Ask Phil
Got a Question? By: Phil Craft A beekeeper in Kentucky writes: Is it ok to leave supers on hives during the Winter? Phil replies:…
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A Closer Look
Bee Development Development includes a pre-capping period (with the cell open) and a post-capping one with the cell sealed. By: Clarence Collison Honey bees…
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Creating Pollinator Habitat
A Beekeeper/Government/Corporate Collaboration By: Michele Colopy, Peggy Garnes and Terry Liberman-Smith The Ohio Environmental Education Fund (OEEF), a program within the Ohio EPA, has…
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Avoid Tank Mixing Insecticides with Fungicides. Not all fungal diseases can be controlled by fungicides. By: Michele Colopy Fungicides (according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary…
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Bigger Picture
Sweets For Your Honey By: Jessica Louque Being February, it’s about that time to see pink and red hearts everywhere you shop. Jewelry and…
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It’s Summers Time
CA in January, And Good-bye to a Dear Friend By: Kathy Summers We spent most of a week in southern California attending the two…
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It’s Wintertime in the Apiary – Again
Increasingly, I am finding that I need each passing year to be longer then the previous one. By: James Tew The correlation between bee…
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Beekeeping and Technology
Are we on the verge of a new technological revolution in beekeeping? By: Ross Conrad Beekeeping technology took a huge jump between 1850 and…
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2015 Resolutions II
Do Some of These This Year By: Ann Harman It’s January! A New Year! Hang up your brand new Bee Culture 2015 bee calendar!…
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THE BEEKEEPER’S VOICE This voice cannot be left to someone else. By: Michele Colopy The knowledge of 40, 50, and 60 years of beekeeping…
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Beepocalypse Inspired Activism
Bees are struggling and there are many ways to help By: Ross Conrad Ever since the first public announcements of colony collapse disorder (CCD)…
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Meet the UGA Bee Lab
By: Jennifer Berry Over the years, I’ve received numerous inquiries about the “behind the scenes” functioning of the UGA bee lab. In spite of…
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Well… Why Does a Colony Need Water During Cool Weather?
Hang on – this is not just another how to water-your-colony article. By: James Tew Bees need water – I get it. What else…
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NAPPC: The Collaboration Continues Long After The Conference Ends
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign By: Toni Burnham All over North America, and probably the world, beekeepers like you are having wonderful ideas and…
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Making Meetings Successful
Having Good People is Key to a Good Meeting! By: Larry Connor Between speaking invitations and serving as a vendor selling Wicwas Press books,…
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Rapeseeds as Bee Plants
By: Connie Krochmal The various rapeseeds are also known as rape. They have been in cultivation since 2000 B.C. or so in Asia. Grown…
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Elina Niño
New U.C. Davis Extension Apiarist By: M.E.A. McNeil The quest started years ago, when Eric Mussen began to contemplate retiring from his job as…
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Bigger Picture
New Year’s Resolutions, 1 By: Jessica Louque For most people, January instills the need to make resolutions of some sort that are supposed to…
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Unfinished Business
By: Peter Sieling Dick’s widow, Alice, called me on the first of September about a bee swarm. She probably thought of me because I…
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