U.S. Honey Industry Report – 2017
By Kim Flottum United States honey production in 2017 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 148 million pounds, down nine percent from…
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Harvesting Honey
By: David MacFawn Harvesting and extracting your honey crop in the Southeast region can occur as early as April or May. In South Carolina…
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Bring Those Packages Home!
By: Tina Sebestyen Sometimes tragedy strikes beekeepers and bee clubs. One fellow I know had an emergency that demanded immediate attention just as he was…
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SWARM INITIATION A Nurse Bee Hypothesis
By: Edward Balogh Maybe the nurse bees start it all. Dr. Tom Seeley (46) acknowledged and restated that “he would love to know how…
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Garden Time
By: Ann Harman Garden catalogs are timed to arrive about the first of January. You search the pages (or online) for the vegetables and…
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Oxalic Acid & Varroa
Charlie Vanden Heuvel From commercial to backyard beekeepers the number one threat to the honey bee is Varroa Destructor Mites. Since 1987 assets coupled…
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Regional Honey Price Report
April Report Winter So Far In late Feb we surveyed our reporters to see how winter was going so far, what they had done…
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New For The 2018 Season
Mule-Grip. Of the several styles of frame grips sold today or developed through the years they all offer the same scissor action to hold…
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Hunting Stands For Bait Boxes
By: Will Caverly Few hobbies have a steeper learning curve than beekeeping. But hunting arguably involves far more failure and frustration. Whether big game,…
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Some Beeyard Thoughts, Observations and Updates
The angst of making package bee decisions. Guessing and fretting. By: James Tew Guessing about buying packages Guessing at upcoming package needs is primarily an issue…
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The Bigger Picture
An Ode To Turkeys By: Jessica Louque I’ve been on a business kick for the past few months, but I thought I’d switch gears…
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Ask Phil
Q: A beekeeper in Pennsylvania writes: I have a question on storing raw honey. What is the optimum temperature to help prevent crystallization? In the…
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Some Beeyard Thoughts, Observations and Updates
By: James Tew Frozen honey and how bees eat it – possibly. Winter stores for the wintering colony. Consuming frozen honey Honey bee colonies –…
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The ULTIMATE Swarm Box
By: Frank Mortimer Swarm, swarm everywhere a swarm; Flyin’ outta my hives, breakin’ my mind; Do this, don’t do that, can’t you stop the…
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Button Bush
By: Connie Krochmal Depending on the location, button bush can be a large shrub or small tree. lthough button bush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) may not…
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Honey Shows
By: Ann Harman Oh! A Honey Show is just like a horse race – best one wins. Wrong! It is all about marketing! Honey…
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Sales & Marketing In The SE U.S. It’s all in the timing, and the price.
By: David MacFawn Beekeeping, while a lot of hard physical work, is one of the enjoyable endeavors that may make some money. Often the…
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Honey Bees & Horses
By: Darryl Gabritsch The balancing act of managing the needs of honey bees while managing the needs of horses is challenging. It’s difficult to…
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Taming Killer Bees
W. S. Robinson Three separate times during this adventure in the mountains of Tabasco I think well, that’s that. We’re not going to get…
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Bigger Picture
The Business of Bees: Part III By: Jessica Louque To fuel the side addictions of birds and bees, most people do have to have…
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