The Layens Hive
By: Leo Sharashkin Using Local bees, And An Appropriate Hive.Unconventional? Perhaps. “Keeping bees requires little effort, and barely any capital to get started,” wrote…
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Just Mite Work!
By: Denise Ohio and Catherine Minden We live in the foothills of the Cascades in western Washington, northeast of Seattle. While we’re not technically in…
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March Report
Where Do They Sell Their Honey? What do people sell, and where do they sell it. When it comes to honey, there’s a predictable…
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Bee Pollen- An Overview
By: Ross Conrad Bee Pollen: Implications for Human Health Last month we looked at bee pollen: what it is; how it is collected by…
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HOLLY BEE
By: Kurt Knebusch and Paul Snyder Plant these for bees, and the holidays this year. Here’s seven hollies that can take it when…
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A “NET GAIN” CELL BUILDING SYSTEM
By: Joe Latshaw Not how big, but how small can a cell building colony be and still do a good job? Queen rearing is…
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Honey By The Ton From Top Bar Hives
By: Wyatt Mangum This article provides data on cotton honey production from top-bar hives collected over two seasons. The first season was a trial…
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Bottom Board
By: Ed Colby Shipping Day It broke my heart yesterday when Mike came for our steers Jem and Buttercup. In the Spring we bought…
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Winter? What’s That?
By: Ann Harman While Old Man Winter is delivering wind and snow to the north, let’s take a little vacation way down south where…
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Some Beeyard Thoughts, Observations and Updates
By: James E. Tew Beekeeping 2025 – Will hardly a decade really make that much of a difference? What’s so special about 2025? Well, being…
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Ask Phil- He Knows
Got a question? Q: A beekeeper in West Virgina writes: I have always heard that you can’t take honey from…
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Leave The Flying To Us
By: Jennifer Berry Moving Bees Is Stressful For The Bees, And The Beekeeper, Almost Always. Sitting at an airport is one of my least favorite…
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WAS 2016
Notes From The Hawaii Meeting By: Malcolm Sanford The 2016 version of the Western Apicultural Society (WAS) met in Hawaii October 12 through 15…
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COST OF POLLINATION – 2016
USDA NASS released their 2016 Value Of Pollination report in December last year. By: Kim Flottum Below are excerpts from the report detailing what…
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Regional Honey Price Report
FEBRUARY REPORT What Do They Sell? What do our reporters sell, you ask? Well, take a look at the chart above. This is the…
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Unusual Thermal Images Of A Winter Cluster
Thermal cameras have become an important part of my colony management and a tool for my scientific research. Wyatt Mangum In Bee Culture (March…
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FERAL BEES
Rescuing A Feral Nest, After Collapse By: Kathy Keatley Garvey A collapsed feral honey bee colony in a hollowed-out Eucalyptus tree in a secluded area…
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California Foraging
Although beekeeping and foraging might appear to have little in common, it turns out that a large number of native or naturalized pollinator plants…
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Varroa Bombs Are Real
Please, Be A Good Neighbor In this season of vitriol we should all perhaps stand down, but there is something that must be said:…
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Bottom Board
The Great State Of Kansas My gal Marilyn and I just love Kansas! We took the scenic route back to Colorado from the Kansas…
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