Manuka Honey Thefts in New Zealand
by- Alan Harman Organized crime is targeting New Zealand’s lucrative honey industry, threatening its NZ$242-million- (US$176.5-million-) a-year export market. At a recent meeting, New…
Read MoreEditorials
Bottom Board
A Taste of Medicine by- Ed Colby Just when I started getting the Nosema under control in a handful of my weaker bee colonies,…
Read More
The Inner Cover
By: Kim Flottum A peculiar thing is happening, relative to what is growing where anymore, at least in my part of Ohio, and in…
Read More
It’s Summer’s Time
Summer, Bee Culture’s 2017 Calendar Contest By: Kathy Summers It’s been a busy month, but it’s been a busy month at home unlike the…
Read More
Southwest Honey Co.
Teaching non-beekeepers about the honey bee. Honey bee appreciation classes offer unique experiences for non-beekeepers. By Megan Ryan Fort Wayne beekeepers Alex Cornwell & Megan…
Read More
Facts, Fiction and Fables
What’s true and what’s just a story? By: Robert Least Curious, quaint and amusing describe our reactions to the following anecdotes. Lest one should…
Read More
Adventures With U-Haul
By: Ed Colby On our way back from dropping off a load of bees on the Colorado Flat Tops, Frank remarked, “This is a…
Read More
Inner Cover
By: Kim Flottum On the 10th of August we’re holding our second Pollinator Day here at the Root Company’s Pollinator Meadow, behind our…
Read More
It’s Summer Time
By: Kathy Summers The duck, Anthony and Brushy Mountain Field Day. It’s been another crazy, busy month for us – lots of travel and…
Read More
Bottom Board
By: Ed Colby Our Place In The Cosmos In the wee hours, I turned to my gal Marilyn. “Can’t sleep,” I confided. “I have…
Read More
Inner Cover
by- Kim Flottum Young Harris. Mean Hive. I went to the 25th anniversary meeting of the Young Harris/University of Georgia Bee Institute in May…
Read More
It’s Summer’s Time
By: Kathy Summers The Garden, New Neighbors and Oregon. I hope you all had a great Memorial Day Weekend. Our city and county do a…
Read More
Club Success At Events . . . Get Volunteers And GO!
By: Terry Lieberman-Smith When standing at a club table at a fair, talking about honey bees and beekeeping, your volunteer will receive the full attention,…
Read More
Bigger Picture
By: Jessica Louque A new Season, A New Package Installation This year, we decided to shake things up a bit and give The Carolina…
Read More
Bottom Board
By: Ed Colby Shortcuts. I’d never seen bees just pour out of a hive unless they were swarming. But on a warm late April…
Read More
Dr. Elina Niño California’s New Extension Specialist
by Larry Connor The University of California, Department of Entomology at Davis, has a new entomologist on staff covering extension and research in…
Read More
BOTTOM BOARD: Last Day On The Job
by Ed Colby My Aspen Mountain ski patrol boss Bud gave me my best job evaluation ever, maybe because this is…
Read More
BIGGER PICTURE
It’s A Farmer’s Life For Me by Jessica Louque Bobby and I were on our way to drop off some bees in a…
Read More
In Memoriam
Eric H. Erickson Jr. 1940 – 2016 Dr. Eric Erickson died April 13, 2016, 13 days shy of his 76th birthday. He is…
Read More
INNER COVER
Land use information is a bit difficult to pin down since different sources use different data sets, have varying dates of newly released data…
Read More