Editorials

2016, May 2016, OpinionApril 25, 2016

It’s Summers Time –

Spring, Poultry, Bees This may be the May issue, but here in Medina County, Northeast Ohio it has been a Winter-like week. We’ve had…

2016, Life, May 2016, OpinionApril 25, 2016

The Indispensable Honey Bee

1973 vs. 2015: Importance of Bees G. Splevin In previous issues of Bee Culture magazine I have written of the 1973 report, “The Indispensable…

2016, Editorials, Life, May 2016, PoliticsApril 22, 2016

U.S. Honey Industry Report – 2015

According to USDA NASS survey data, United States honey production for 2015 was down 12 percent from 2014 for operations with five or more…

2016, Life, May 2016, ProfilesApril 21, 2016

West Virginia Veterans & Warriors

Jack Blackford Walking out to what was about to become a new apiary, I spotted a mixed bunch of folks listening to one of…

2016, Bee Culture Magazine, Beekeeping, Editorials, Equipment, January 2016, LifeDecember 21, 2015

Infrared: The Next Generation In Colony Management

by Jerry Bromenshenk Inspecting the Hive Have you ever wished that you could check your bees without having to suit up, get the smoker…

2016, January 2016, Life, StoriesDecember 21, 2015

Letters From A Beekeeper’s Wife

Home, January 1, 1917 Dear Sis; The Christmas box that came the day before Christmas from your house could not have been more enjoyed….

2016, Bee Culture Magazine, Beekeeping, Hive Products, January 2016, StoriesDecember 21, 2015

The Hows, Ways And Whys Of Weighing Hives: Lonnie Funderburg

by Lonnie Funderburg My interest in honey bees began in the Fall of 1989 with a visit to my office by a client who…

2016, Bee Culture Magazine, Beekeeping, Editorials, Equipment, Honey, Honey Bee Management, January 2016, LifeDecember 21, 2015

The Mason Jar

by Karin McKenna From America’s most challenging eras, including the Great Depression and World War II, to the rise of farmers markets, hipster barware,…

2016, Bee Culture Magazine, January 2016, Life, StoriesDecember 21, 2015

Bottom Board: Wassup?

by Ed Colby When I picked up the phone, the voice on the other end simply said, “Wassup?!” “Maybe you should tell me,” I…

2016, Bee Culture Magazine, January 2016, Life, Profiles, StoriesDecember 21, 2015

Bigger Picture: Travel Notes

by Jessica Louque Bobby and I have had quite a lot of travel over the last few years in the bees. We have driven…

2016, Bee Culture Magazine, January 2016, Life, ProfilesDecember 21, 2015

An Interview With Dan Conlon At Warm Colors Apiary

by Larry Connor This is an interview with Western-Massachusetts commercial beekeeper Dan Conlon, who works with his wife Bonita to run Warm Colors Apiary….

2016, Bee Culture Magazine, Beekeeping, Breeding, Editorials, Education, Equipment, Hive Products, January 2016, Life, ScienceDecember 21, 2015

Beeyard Thoughts

Tanging a swarm? Maybe or maybe not. Double screens for winter nuc survival. Are you sure? Drumming Bees. Was it ever effective? Queen excluders…

2015, Bee Culture Magazine, December 2015, Life, ProfilesNovember 20, 2015

Gene Robinson

By Jerry Hayes The world of Honey Bees, even though small in comparison to other hobbies or businesses, is full of humans who have…

2015, Bee Culture Magazine, December 2015, Editorials, LifeNovember 20, 2015

Women In Beekeeping

by Michele Colopy The USDA recently released a report on the impact of women in agriculture. Thirty-one percent of all farmers are women, or…

2015, Bee Culture Magazine, Beekeeping, December 2015, Life, Profiles, StoriesNovember 20, 2015

Keith Delaplane

by Jennifer Berry It’s interesting how things work out. How one minute your life is heading down a certain path, then the next it…

2015, Bee Culture Magazine, Beekeeping, December 2015, Home & Farm, Life, ProfilesNovember 20, 2015

Champlain Valley Apiaries

Three Generations of Beekeeping by Ross Conrad The son of Czechoslovakian immigrants, Charles Mraz (1905-1999) kept bees in Woodside, Queens, an enclave of Czech…