John Root’s Passing
John Alan Root, age 90 of Sarasota, Florida, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on April 26, 2023, after a 23-year journey with Parkinson’s…
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Beeing Diverse
A Recap By: Emma Wadel As I hope many of you are aware, we had our annual October event entitled BEEing Diverse: Inspiring Leaders…
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Found In Translation – Winter Stirrings
By : Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Some people say spring starts with the mating of great-horned owls in late December. These people are…
Read MoreThe Queen In Glass
The American Glass Guild by Scott Ouderkirk Bees – We hear so much about them lately, but most people still aren’t aware how much…
Read MoreVentilation, Ventilation, Ventilation
by Charles Schwend I sell well-established working beehives, with their honey stores, to buyers far and near, from Spring through Fall. During hot or…
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Standard Top Bars For The Beekeeper
by TJ Carr & John Bradford Introduction We know that honey bees and beekeepers contribute greatly to American agriculture and to our dining pleasures….
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Installing A Queen
by Jim Thompson What seems to be a rather routine procedure may not be. At various times a beekeeper finds that the queen needs…
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Build A Feeder Jar Stand
by Ed Simon Introduction: Spring is here again and you have decided to double your hive count. Of course that mans that there will…
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The Politics Of Killing Bees
by Katherine Kiefer The plight of the honey bee has national attention, now can our political process really “Give Bees a Chance?” There are…
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New For Spring
BroodMinder is a wireless temperature and humidity monitor for beehives that uses Bluetooth low energy technology to transmit data to a mobile device or…
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Climate Change
A bee problem we can potentially solve – Part 2 by Ross Conrad Last month in part one of this three part series on…
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Infrared: The Next Generation In Colony Management
by Jerry Bromenshenk Inspecting the Hive Have you ever wished that you could check your bees without having to suit up, get the smoker…
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The Hows, Ways And Whys Of Weighing Hives: Lonnie Funderburg
by Lonnie Funderburg My interest in honey bees began in the Fall of 1989 with a visit to my office by a client who…
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Frames Used In Beehives
by Jim Thompson Any one starting beekeeping today may not realize the discovery, manufacture, assembly, and use of the frames in a beehive. If…
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The Indispensable Honey Bee: Waiting For ‘Someone’ In 1973
by G. Splevin In the Nov. 2015 Bee Culture magazine I wrote of the 1973 report, “The Indispensable Honey Bee.” This report is a…
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Build A Migratory Pallet
by Ed Simon Last year we tested moving some of our bees to Texas. We moved six hives with great results. Not only did…
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The Mason Jar
by Karin McKenna From America’s most challenging eras, including the Great Depression and World War II, to the rise of farmers markets, hipster barware,…
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Get Ready For Bee Culture’s Next Event: A Case For Honey
Four medium sized Producer Packers and a medium and large Packer will be in Medina in October to share what they know, and to…
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New For The New Year
by Kim Flottum A couple of Kid’s books first off… What’s The Buzz? Keeping Bees In Flight. By Merrie-Ellen Wilcox. Published by Orca Book…
Read MoreBottom Board: Wassup?
by Ed Colby When I picked up the phone, the voice on the other end simply said, “Wassup?!” “Maybe you should tell me,” I…
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