Bigger Picture
The Business of Bees: Part II of III In Part I of this series, I explained how to do a Sole Proprietorship for a…
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Regional Honey Price Report
JANUARY REPORT Some Management Practices We asked our reporters about some of their management practices this month, expanding it some from the survey we…
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Regional Honey Market Report
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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Be A Part Of Citizen Sciences, Or Just Brag About Your Hive
By: Rich Morris Hang around an online forum for Beekeepers, and you find out fast that they can be an opinionated bunch. Introduction There’s…
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Meet Derrick
By: Ed Colby At the turn of the century, Derrick Maness and I worked together for Colorado commercial beekeeper Paul Limbach. Derrick still does….
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Keeping Venom Out of Your Bee Club
By: Becky Johnson By Involving All Members In The Good And The Bad, Listening To Concerns And Forever Adapting To New Ideas And Ways,…
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Hands On Mentoring After The Classes There’s Very Little Formal Education For New Beekeepers
By: Buddy May Dedicated mentoring of the new and inexperienced beekeeper is perhaps the single most important aspect of successful management in beekeeping. I…
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New – Gifts For Yourself Or Others
BeeCounted.org is a map-based public website where beekeepers and the general public can see the extensive data being collected across the country through BroodMinder…
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Beeyard Thoughts- Observations and Updates
By: James Tew Hey look! I see some beehives. True beekeepers just can’t help looking . . . While traveling, my much younger family…
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BEESPEAKER There are lots of things you can do to make sure this works.
By: Frank Mortimer, Jr. As president of the Northeast NJ Beekeepers Association, I am actively engaged in educating the general public about the importance…
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It’s MAGIC! You CAN Sell Honey For $20/lb
By: Leo Sharashkin A Missouri statute says: “Farmer not merchant.” That’s spot on: for many farmers and beekeepers bringing in a great crop is…
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Ukraine Honey Exports
By: James Hydzik Beekeeping looms large in Ukrainian society: one in nine Ukrainians keep hives. The Ukrainian Orthodox Christian church calendar includes Medovyi Spas,…
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Midwest Master Beekeepers
By: Moneen Jones The MO Master Beekeeper Certification Program is now the Midwest Master Beekeeper Certification program thanks to a collaboration with the Missouri Conservation…
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What To Do On Facebook
By: Jessica Dally I’ve written quite a bit about social media, what to do, what not to do, how to start. Now it’s time…
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RAW HONEY OR RAW DEAL?
By: Katherine Kiefer Interest in honey bees and beekeeping has never been greater. It follows that interest in honey has also grown. Newer beekeepers…
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The Eastern Huckleberries As Bee Plants
Native to North and South America, huckleberries (Gaylussacia spp.) are most common in the East. Around eight species are found to the U.S. Typically…
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Regional Honey Price Report
November Report Preliminary 2017 US Honey Production Report This is where we stick our neck way out and try and see what the future…
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Bottom Board
Fire In The Belly We went to Scottsbluff, Nebraska for the eclipse. Scottsbluff’s prettier than you think. An entrepreneurial farm family rented us a…
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Some Beeyard Thoughts, Observations and Updates
Why are some bee things the way they are? Why are things the way they are in beekeeping? Such things/questions/oddities or quirks are everywhere in…
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Ask Phil
Q: A beekeeper in Ohio writes: I have enjoyed reading your “Ask Phil” column in Bee Culture magazine. In the last few months you…
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