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By: Ed Colby Can’t Find The Time I don’t know if I’ve successfully managed to “let go” of my honey bee obsession, or if…
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Bee Magical Jewelry. I hand-make little bumblebee wish bracelets and sell them to raise awareness for saving the bees! All my…
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Save the Bees!
By: Ross Conrad You can eat the larvae. Given current projections, by the year 2050 there will be approximately nine billion people living on…
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Beeyard Thoughts, Observations, and Updates
By: James Tew Flower gardening discussion and issues for the beekeeping non-gardener – that would include me, too. My two bee worlds I can…
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Treatment Timing
By: Bill Ruzicka Dear Friends: During the hot part of the season I receive many calls and Emails: IM BEING TOLD THAT IN THIS HEAT…
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My Story
Regional Honey Price Report – May Report
Winter & Spring Conditions We checked in with our reporters this month to determine how good, or how bad their Spring weather had been,…
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Electronic Record Keeping – The Path To Better Beekeeping
By: Joseph Cazier Introduction Last month (April 2018 Issue), I wrote an article for Bee Culture outlining the path to what I called the…
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Easy Hive Monitoring
By: Phil Craft With all the challenges facing honey bees and beekeepers today, Varroa mites are still the greatest threat. Last month, in my…
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Beeyard Thoughts, Observations, and Updates
By James Tew Some of my colonies died during the Winter – should I have done more or less The rough and ready world of…
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My Story
Bee Culture Magazine Of American Beekeeping 2 Fall Days in October… 4 Successful Commercial Beekeepers An Opportunity You Will Never Get Again! Listen as…
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Product Reviews
Look What’s New – Beecabulary Essentials. By Andrew Connor, with a foreword by Dewey Caron. ISBN 978-1-878075-50-5. Published by WicWas Press. 9.5” x 8.5”,…
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Regional Honey Price Report: May Report
Honey Market Prediction Imports are still a challenge when it comes to honey prices (and honey quality), so we checked in with our reporters…
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Bigger Picture
By: Jessica Louque Pesticides and Beekeepers – A Difficult Relationship In previous months, I’ve given a presentation on pesticides and beekeepers several times. It’s…
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THERMOGRAPHY
By: R. Micheal Magnini Honey bees are among the very few insects that produce body heat. This is a result of the digestion of…
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Safety First- 2 Dozen Good Ideas
By: David MacFawn Safety in the Beeyard Best Practice is the first in a series of best practices developed for the South Carolina Beekeepers…
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Will You Be … grilling or barbecuing – with honey, of course – this Summer?
By: Ann Harman It all depends on where you live. In the South, barbecue has a strict definition. The restaurant signs will spell it…
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BEES IN TREES
By: Dewey Caron Beekeeping is one of the oldest forms of food production dating as far back as 13,000 BC. Human cultures were initially…
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Dill And Related Herbs As Bee Plants
By: Connie Krochmal This article continues the series on herbs in the carrot/parsley family. Nearly 10 or so of these species are attractive to…
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Checking In
By: Ross Conrad How often is enough? I recently had a fairly new beekeeper ask me how often they should inspect their hive. Apparently…
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