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My ski patrol boss Art said, “So your talk tonight is on the history of bees?” “It’s on pesticides and bees,” I said. “That…
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City Bees
By: Toni Burnham This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016 Premiere Issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years As this beekeeping season comes…
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Carpets of Gold
By: Connie Krochmal This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016 Premiere Issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Beekeepers greet the early Spring…
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Bee Yards
By: Buzz Phillips This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016 Premiere Issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years So, you’ve decided to start…
Read More10 Rules
By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016 Premiere Issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Keeping honey bees is little…
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Equipment Requirements for the First-Time Beekeeper
By: James Tew This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016 Premiere Issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years It’s really not that complicated…
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Keeping Bees in Top Bar Hives
By: Les Crowder This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016 Premiere Issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Beginning beekeeping, Start keeping bees…
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Getting Honey Bees
By: Phil Craft This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016 Premiere Issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years You can’t get them at…
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Successful Beekeeping
By: Roy Hendrickson This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016 Premiere Issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Your first couple of years…
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Beekeeping Tasks for January Through March
By: Ann Harman This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016 Premiere Issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years 1. Want to be a…
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Up in Smoke
by Jim Thompson In searching eight million plus United States patents that have been issued only 35 that relate to smokers and fumigators. Then…
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Bermuda: Bees or Bust
by Ross Conrad One of the benefits of having written a book on beekeeping is I occasionally get invited as a presenter to speak…
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Bigger Picture: Package Installations
by Jessica Louque Last year, we installed 200 packages at work. Bobby and I had just switched to a new-to-us company, and we were…
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The Voice Of The South: Neonicotinoids
by Jeff Harris The use of a class of systemic insecticides called neonicotinoids remains a highly controversial issue for the general public, beekeepers and…
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Temporarily Relocating Beehives
Rarely a quick and easy beekeeping process for the small time beekeeper by James E. Tew Moving beehives – always eventful I don’t know…
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Ask Phil: June 2015
by Phil Craft A beekeeper in Kentucky writes: I make use of a feeding station for my bees. It is over 1000 feet from…
Read MoreA Closer Look: Social Immunity
by Clarence Collison Individual honey bees of all ages and castes have developed mechanisms to limit the impacts of their pathogens. Insect social life…
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Flow Hive
by Ross Conrad Stewart and Cedar Anderson of Byron Bay, Australia have made history and are fast becoming legendary. The father and son team…
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Bigger Picture: Space Tunnels in the Front Yard
By Jessica Louque Do you ever have those neighbors that are always doing really strange things and you think maybe they are somewhere between…
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Beekeeper, Gardener, Teacher Meet Portland’s Glen Andresen
By Dewey Caron Glen Andresen has been keeping bees over 22 seasons. He is also a Master gardener. He enjoys teaching others both practical,…
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