Category: Authors
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Do I Have a Future in Beekeeping?
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! A fifty-year reflectionBy: James E. Tew Your present perception of beekeeping is only a snapshot in time Beekeeping today is not beekeeping past or future beekeeping. Apiculture as we know it is simply…
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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! Let Bees be Bees By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Using insights from the natural habits of bees to improve one’s beekeeping is an old art. Hygienic behaviors are good examples of…
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Swarm Catching
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Thoughts and Tips for SuccessBy: Ross Conrad It’s that time of year again. The days are getting longer and temperatures are getting warmer. Flowers are popping up all over and the bees are…
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Aggravation Apiaries
Profit and Loss in a Beekeeping Business By: John Miller How are things in American commercial beekeeping? According to a survey of several successful operations in America, conditions are not ideal. The price of North American honey is poor. It is very possible that Argentina, a significant honey-producing country will experience yet another default and…
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EPA Advisory
Study Hall – From the Editor By: Jerry Hayes Honey bees continue to struggle with pests, parasites and disease. Varroa and the varroa/Virus Complex is the main challenge for honey bees as it results in their overall loss of health, strength and vitality. We beekeepers have to be informed, connected and responsive to how we…
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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 Chaos in the Beeyard By: Richard Wahl Orientation Flights My bee hives are located on a cement pad on the south side of an old hip roof dairy barn. They…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
An Australian MiteMare By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel One Winter day we were, as usual, seeking ways to travel the globe, get our Bee Culture work done and also not move an inch, when we happened upon the idea of interviewing our friend and most excellent beekeeper Liz Frost who lives in Australia. Australia…
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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! A Sense of Place for Honey Production By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Much has been made of the effects of drought, crowding and other temporary disturbances on the yields gathered from…