Category: Authors
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Adaptive Beekeeping
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Some possible solutions for “when your mind makes a promise that your body can’t fill.”* By: Ross Conrad I turned 60 last year and I’m starting to contemplate how much longer I will…
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What New Beekeepers Should Know About Old Beekeepers
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Old beekeepers really do mean to be helpful.By: James E. Tew Jumbled thoughts I know what I want to say, but my thoughts are tumbling over each other. Let me start like this,…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Defend Beekeeping By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Whether your beekeeping year has already started or you are worried about the longevity of your Winter honey stores, we suggest adding a new item to your 2024 beekeeping season to-do list. This one ranks just below varroa control: defend beekeeping. What? Defend your beloved hobby? Defend…
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AHPA Presentation
Study Hall – From the Editor By: Jerry Hayes I was asked to present the Keynote Address at the American Honey Producers Association (AHPA) Conference this past Winter, titled Don’t Be Bashful. I have been asked if I would/could turn a 45-minute powerpoint into an article for Bee Culture. I have never done this before.…
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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! Bees Riding the Coattails of Crop Plants By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Much is made of the challenges faced by honey bees and other pollinators living in agricultural settings and bee…
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Answers to Some Common Bee Related Questions
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Ross Conrad Keep bees long enough and eventually you will run into a situation where you have more honey than you know what to do with. This is point where many beekeepers…
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Some Bee Behavior Bullets
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! A few of your questions with some suggested answersBy: James E. Tew No shortage of questions There is no shortage of honey bee questions, but answers are not always easy to derive. Following…
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What Beekeeping Taught Me in 2023
Best Lesson Learned So Far By: David Burns I’ve been keeping bees for twenty-eight years and you would think I’d have it figured out and at my age, probably be well past learning anything new. However, last year was probably the year that I learned the most important lesson in beekeeping, and it probably isn’t…