A Short Story About A Wintering Colony With Dysentery
When to treat and when to simple accept the disease? I’m only fooling with you I am afraid that all too often I write…
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Ask Phil! He Knows!
A beekeeper in Texas writes: I recently watched a video on YouTube that advocates using a nine frame bar spacer, as shown below. It looks…
Read MoreA Closer Look: Venom/Venom Glands
by Clarence Collison Worker honey bees begin their first use of venom when they attain an age of of about 14 days for defense…
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Ed Colby Why don’t you just send all your bees to California for the almonds,” Marilyn wondered. “Then you’d have the Winter off.” Maybe…
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Need A Beekeeping Mentor? Why Not Ask The Bees
Ross Conrad Many indigenous cultures around the world believe that everything in the natural world has something to teach us if we are open…
Read MoreIt’s Not Hard Being A Mentor
But You Need Guidelines Ann Harman Experienced beekeepers know that each colony has its own ‘personality.’ And it’s ever-changing (remember all those drones that…
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Got A Question? Ask Phil!
Phil Craft Dear Phil, I have been trying to sort out my thinking about – AFB and come down to the essay below. Please…
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GLYPHOSATE
Pollinator Habitat Is Disappearing At Rates Usually Reserved For Descriptions Of Amazon Rain Deforestation Michele Colopy Pollinator Stewardship Council If we are to address…
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A Closer Look: Varroa Mite Reproduction
By Clarence Collison Reproducing Varroa females lay the first egg in the brood cell approximately 70 hours after host cell capping. The life cycle…
Read MoreGeezer Ridge Farm
Biology, mentors, veterans, bees and honey by Jack Blackford When stepping into the cavernous beekeeping workshop of Ed Forney you must be prepared for…
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In The Eye of The Beholder
What robots can learn from honey bees by David Hargrove and Sheridan Tekosky Honey bees, usually thought of for their contribution to agriculture, are…
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Measuring the Environment and Watching the Honey Flow
CO2, UV light, temperature and humidity all affect nectar production and quality by Carmine DeStefano The practice and art of beekeeping is a tremendously…
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Nervous Neighbors
By: Andrea Quigley Two months ago, we looked at the woes of Calabrian beekeepers facing bankruptcy as their apiaries were burned if the Small…
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Pest or Predator: Small Hive Beetles
Much of what you’ve heard is wrong. By: Charles Linder This is intended to question the way you look at small hive beetle. Most…
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Bee Trees for Warm Climates
By: Connie Krochmal Beekeepers in warm climates can choose from a number of bee trees. Choices include the native red bay and the common…
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Bigger Picture
The North American Beekeepers Conference By: Jessica Louque The North American Beekeepers Conference was held in Disneyland this year, making it a prime target…
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Ask Phil
Got a Question? He Knows! By: Phil Craft A beekeeper in Nevada writes: I took this picture today 12/22/2014. Am I making a mistake…
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Downtown
Investing In Forage For The Future A Call To Blooms By: Toni Burnham Though many of us came to urban apiculture as almost a…
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Inner Cover
Safely Defining Honey. By: Kim Flottum Back in January we reported in the BUZZ that the ERS has sent a Report to the Commissioner…
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By: Jim Thompson There are several ways that beekeepers install packages of bees into their hives. Some hives will have an entrance ramp and…
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