Category: Columns
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Found in Translation
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! DNA Fingerprinting By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Long before your personal fingerprints became a tool to open computers, they were used to help solve crimes and other mysteries. Unique to all…
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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! Read along below! Mentoring is a Loving Gift By: Tracy Farone In February, we celebrate love for others. One of the greatest things you can do for someone is mentor them. As a college professor, I…
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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. Going Down the Road By: Tracy Farone Proper transport of agricultural livestock is a familiar topic amongst veterinarians and largely regulated by the USDA. Animals move for a variety of reasons, herd restocking, breeding, shows, and…
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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! Understanding Research New(ish) Beekeeper Column By: Richard Wahl Intro Quite often when new beekeepers go looking for information, they come across research papers filled with unfamiliar terms like abstract, control, hypothesis, methods and…
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Found in Translation
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Bee Genes: Stayin’ Alive By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Like master gardeners scouring seed catalogues, many beekeepers spend their Winters pondering honey bee genetics. Practically, this involves comparing tried-and-true versus new…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
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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! An Interview – Dr. Joerg MayerCurrent President of the HBVC By: Tracy Farone This month I had the opportunity to switch things up, play the role of reporter, and interview a colleague of mine, who has…
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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! Winter, When Things Slow Down New(ish) Beekeeper ColumnBy: Richard Wahl Take a Step Back For the beginning or second year beekeeper, the amount of information and options to be decided can seem overwhelming.…