Beekeeping In ICELAND
By: Erik Donley Imagine Iceland. Depending on your perspective, you might envision northern lights flaring above perpetual Winter darkness or, perhaps the endless midsummer…
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Beesploitation The Deadly Bees • The Swarm
By: Ryan McDearmont With their striking coloration and intricate hive aesthetics, it’s no wonder that honey bees have become a favorite subject of filmmakers…
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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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It’s Summers Time!
THE NATIONAL HONEY SHOW AND ENGLAND I wanted to share a bit more of our trip to England with you. Leaving my own country…
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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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Inner Cover
Quentin Starr Wagner By: Kim Flottum When I first moved to Medina I lived in a rented house for several months, letting John Root, my new…
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InnerCover
We are running a tad late this month due to our trip to The National Honey Show in the UK in late October. It…
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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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Meet Michael Smith
By: Sarah Red-Laird The Weirdest Place Michael Smith Has Been Stung and 36 Other Facts About Him Winners of the lg Nobel Prize are awarded…
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The Evolution of Beehive Covers
By: Jim Thompson I have found it interesting to look at the types of different beehive covers or tops that have been used over the…
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Bee Kids’ Corner
Beekeeper Fred Anderson or The Mystery of Crystal Mountain
By: Peter Sieling In 1896-1897, Bee Culture magazine, then called Gleanings in Bee Culture published its one and only serial novel. A few complained that…
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Meet Dr. Jay Evans
By: Ann Harman From Washington …… To Washington Jay is originally from Seattle in Washington State. Since his mother worked in a natural history…
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Meet Dr. Geoff Williams
By: Jennifer Berry Legend has it that back in the 17th century, an “aha” moment occurred when a young scholar, Sir Isaac Newton, was…
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It’s Summers Time!
CHICKENS, WINTER, A BIT ABOUT ENGLAND Another completed year here at Bee Culture. It’s hard to believe. We’ve had a good year and hope…
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Meet Randy Verhoek
By: Jessica Louque South Dakota Native Managing 10,000 Colonies In the past year or so, I’ve spent a bit of time with Randy Verhoek….
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A Very Different Kind Of Fire
By: M.E.A. McNeil What Californians know about tornadoes is that they happen somewhere else. Ask anyone – not here, no way. But tornadoes did…
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Take Me On A Bee Cruise
By: Katherine Kiefer In January 2017 at the joint meeting of the ABF, AHPA and CHC in Galveston, the University of Minnesota Bee Squad…
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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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