Category: Articles
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2024 Saskatchewan Beekeepers Development Commission Convention
By: Sarah Wood 1. Obshta, O., Raza, M.F., Enadeghe, R., Edirithilake, T.L.K, Janser, M., Jose, M.S., Woodrow, H., Tellarini Prieto, E.E., Bezerra da Silva, M.C., Camilli, M.P., Lopes Neto, B., Tregobov, J., Moshynskyy, I., Simko, E. Wood, S. (2024). Surveillance of AFB in Saskatchewan and worldwide. Oral presentation, Saskatchewan Beekeepers Development Commission Annual Convention, Saskatoon,…
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Colony Loss Survey
Annual U.S. Colony Losses Hit Record High Over Winter of 2024-2025 By Ross Conrad These words are being written at the end of February, but by the time you read this, chances are you have already come across alarming headlines of recent massive U.S. honey bee losses. Results from a Project Apis m (PAm) survey…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! The Man Who Gave Up Beekeeping (or Did He?) By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Do you remember your first introduction to beekeeping like it was yesterday? You were on Summer break from…
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Part 2 – Take the Temperature of Your Colony
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! read along below! Swarm Detection By: Theresa J. Martin (Click on images to enlarge) I begin by clarifying that BroodMinder does not compensate me in any way for my statements about its product. What I write…
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Bee Trucks
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 A truck used primarily for the husbandry of honey bees is known in popular parlance as a “bee truck.” However, my wife, who is not up-to-date on trendy lingo, instead…
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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! Flower Choices, From Bees to Colonies By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab This month provides plentiful and diverse flower sources for our bees in the Northern hemisphere, and your colonies are hopefully…
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Making Summer Decisions That Affect Winter Management
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Some Suggestions for Making Your Best Guesses Months in AdvanceBy: James E. Tew Complaining about beekeeping – an unlikely art form Like so many beekeepers, through the years, I have become an expert…
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Starting, Stumbling, and Succeeding: The Beekeeper’s Guide to Perseverance
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 One thing I’ve learned from my YouTube channel on beekeeping is Spring is a stressful time for beekeepers. For many, beekeeping is a whole new thing, and the learning curve…