Category: Authors
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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! New(ish) Beekeeper Column The Eclipse and My Bees By: Richard Wahl Weather’s Influence on Bees The recent April 8 total solar eclipse provided a rare opportunity to observe how that affected weather and…
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Beekeeping Information – Good and Bad
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Telling the Difference is Not Always Easy By: James E. Tew A foot in two worlds I have discussed this information concept in previous Bee Culture articles but it’s still on my mind…
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Maximizing Honey Yields
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! A Review of Factors Impacting the Size of Your Honey Harvest – Some Things You Have Control Over and Some Things You Don’t By: Ross Conard The primary product of beekeeping is pollination.…
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Asymptomatic, But Infested
By: Zachary Lamas Varroa largely feed on developing drone brood and on adult bees when drones are seasonally plentiful inside of a honey bee colony. However, when drone productions slows or altogether ceases after the main flow, Varroa shift dramatically onto worker bees. This happens midsummer, just as beekeepers take time away from their colonies.…
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Pulling Honey to Make Money
By: Devon Zapatka As a student in beekeeping working for The Humble Bee Honey Company, I adore the warm weather. As I move into the working season, I am excited to open up the hives with the vibrant sun pouring into nectar rich frames. Without the slush from a dark depressing winter, the spring brings…
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How a High-School Beekeeper Made Her Way to USDA Honey Bee Researcher
This article was originally published in Entomology Today. By: Pierre Lau This article is part of the “Standout ECPs” series contributed by the Entomological Society of America’s Early Career Professionals (ECP) Committee, highlighting outstanding ECPs that are doing great work in the profession. (An ECP is defined as anyone within the first five years of…
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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! Double or Nothing By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Newspapers are alive with headlines such as “The Rise of the Bee Thieves” or “The Great Hive Heist.” That’s because California almond pollination, that…
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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! Flowers for All and All for Flowers By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Before you became a beekeeper you knew bees and beekeepers rely on flowers to succeed. Now that you keep…