Inner Cover
You Say You Want A Revolution… There’s a quiet revolution going on. Quiet now any-way. If you were paying attention you saw it more…
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December – Regional Honey Price 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 from December…
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The White House Pollinator Health Task Force Initiative
More Than Just Honey Bees By: Malcolm Sanford Ms. Rebecca Terrell of New American Magazine writes about the Pollinator Health Task Force in a recent post, stating: “One…
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Regional Honey Price Report
November Report 2016 Honey Production OK, here’s where we really go way out on a limb, but we’re pretty confident what we’re doing will…
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The Inner Cover
Kim Flottum Senior Editor I rediscovered something this year that I already knew but hadn’t applied it to keeping bees. Or rather, to feeding…
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It’s Summer’s Time
Chickens, Phobia and Fall By: Kathy Summers Assistant Editor We lost one of our old girls a couple of weeks ago. She was one…
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Frame Grippers
Ways To Stay Away From The Bees By: Jim Thompson Do you know there are people that keep bees and don’t want to get close…
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The Pollinator Stewardship Council
Board Member Recruitment By: Michele Colopy It is that time of year again when new Board members are recruited for the beekeeping association. The…
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Bigger Picture
Fall Bucket List By: Jessica Louque Maybe it’s just me but it seems like there’s not a break between holidays anymore. Halloween candy was…
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Christmas Presents For Beekeepers
By: Ann Harman Although December has not arrived the approaching days of Winter have slowed beekeeping tasks, giving us time to think about next year…
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Inner Cover
It was a good garden season this year. Appropriate rain in the spring, but then dry, dry, dry all of June, July and the…
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It’s Summer’s Time
LABOR DAY WEEKEND by- Kathy Summers As I write this we have just finished up Labor Day weekend 2016 – can you believe it….
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The Cappings Scratcher or The Uncapping Fork
by- Jim Thompson It all depends on how you plan to use the Cappings Scratcher or the Uncapping Fork as to what you want…
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Sabine Creek Honey Farm
by- Kim Flottum The city of McKinney, Texas, is north and a tad east of Dallas and sits smack in the middle of Collin…
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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…
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All the Buzzz in … Bee kid’s corner
Produced by Kim Lehman October 2016
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The Pollinator Stewardship Council
For Bee Clubs by Michele Colopy Grants Are Not “Free Money” A Nonprofit Can “Do Anything With”. Your beekeeping organization has enhanced its financial…
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Time to Graduate- To Be a Vendor
by- Ann Harman Beekeepers are inventors and frequently make various items to make keeping bees easier. Some beekeepers love to collect books about bees…
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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,…
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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…
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