Category: Audio
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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! Stress Management By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Many self-care routines have an element of putting stresses in context. Is that a big fire? Can you picture a way out? Is it…
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Directional Discourse
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Directional Discourse By: Stephen Bishop Not to brag, but I may be one of the only humans on Planet Earth capable of admitting my inability to navigate in the right direction. Yep, I’m…
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Wax Moths and Honey Bees
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! An Old Combative Relationship By: James E. Tew At First Glance… Our old frenemy, the wax moth, is clearly a pest to both beekeepers and their bees. But for just a moment, consider…
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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! Nature, Nurture and Varroa Resistance By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Western honey bees were hygienic long before the scourge of Varroa mites, or really any known mite pressures. It is literally…
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A Tough Crowd
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 Somewhere in the crevices of my brain, I have repressed the memories of my college public speaking class, which for extreme introverts like me is a class that ought to…
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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! Comb Considerations By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Comb Costs Removable combs arm beekeepers with multiple management manipulation options. Raise your hand if you have found yourself in the middle of your apiary…
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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! Sustainable Beekeeping (Part 1) By: Richard Wahl Attaining Sustainability Seven or eight years ago I decided to see if I could become a self-sustainable beekeeper. That is, could I raise my own queens…
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The Mind of the Honey Bee
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Intelligence Isn’t Strictly a Human Characteristic By: Ross Conrad Vertebrates are considered to be group of organisms that are among the most advanced beings on earth. Mammals which generally have larger brains compared…