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December Report We’re throwing a lot of numbers at you this month but we think you’ll find them useful. Below is our monthly report…
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The Useful And Versatile Castor Bean Plant
By Connie Krochmal A number of oilseed crops happen to be good plants for bees, including the castor bean (Ricinus communis). Reportedly native to…
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Bottom Board
By Ed Colby Eighty-Sixed In the Almonds That redheaded Tina got in a little over her head when she volunteered to re-structure the Colorado…
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Beeyard Thoughts, Observations, and Updates
By James E Tew A Summer of washboarding behavior – Some wild guesses and assumptions? We are told, but we cannot understand I have…
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Information – Good or Bad
By Ann Harman Words surround us in various ways all during our waking hours. Our brains get bombarded every day by words. Radio, television,…
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A Summer / Winter Hive Ventilation Box
By Lorna Cook Directions for one 8 frame ventilation box. Buy List / Cut List 1-1×4 Pine KD x 8 feet, cut 2-20 inches…
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Hive House Therapy
By Cassandra Vore “Take a deep, calming breath and in your mind’s eye, image if you will, being led into a small clearing. A…
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DOWNTOWN It’s Harder For You, Urban Newbee
By Toni Burnham The Golden Years Are Gone. The most experienced beekeepers I know tell me of golden years some three decades ago, before…
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Plan Ahead
By David MacFawn Next Season In The Southeast. Planning is critical for your operation’s success and your colony growth plan is one of several…
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THERMOGRAPHY II PERSONAL APPLICATION
By R. Micheal Magnini In part one of this article in May I outlined the availability of this technology to beekeepers, and its prospective…
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The Legacy Of CCD
By Malcolm Sanford Honey Bee Research On The Rise. In retrospect, 2006 appears to have been a banner year with reference to honey bee…
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Bee Whisperers
By Greta Burroughs Watching, Listening & Learning – Citizen Science Comes To The Honey Bee. It is getting more and more complicated to be…
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Regional Honey Price Report
November Report Honey Production 2018 We asked our reporters to sum up the honey crop this year, including Spring, Summer and any Fall crop…
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Product Reviews
Time To Think About Holiday Gifts Clothing for a cause. That is what Bloom Clothing Company is all about. With a portion of profits…
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Native Bee Conservation In Nicaragua
Farmers in Central America have been practicing beekeeping for hundreds of years. Now, Paso Pacifico, a biodiversity conservation organization based in Ventura, California, is…
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Beeyard Thoughts, Observations, and Updates
By James E. Tew The late Summer suicidal swarms of 2018 Late season swarms No doubt, this saga is mostly – if not all…
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Organize A Black Jar Honey Contest
By Suzy Spencer What is a “black jar” honey contest? In a normal, standard honey contest, the moisture percentage, fill-level of three jars, clarity,…
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Why Are My Top-Bar Combs Crooked
By Wyatt Mangum Top-bar hive beekeepers need straight interchangeable combs in all hives, so they can manage colonies efficiently. For example in routine colony…
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A Sweet Opportunity For Business Growth
By Todd Harris It’s not often that a person is able to merge their passion (beekeeping) with their profession (Crop Insurance). So, when I…
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BXML Part 1 The Power of BIG Data & Analytics
By Joseph Cazier & Walter Haefeker Enough Data To Build A True Genius Hive. Introduction In previous articles in this series, such as “Peering…
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