Category: March 2024
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Honey Recipe
Self-Frosted Chocolate Honey Cookies By: Nina BagleyOriginally published in a 1940s issue of American Bee Journal Ingredients □ 2½ cups sifted flour □ 2 tsps baking powder □ ¼ tsp baking soda □ ½ tsp salt □ ¼ tsp cinnamon □ ¾ cup shortening □ ½ cup strained honey □ 1 cup sugar □ 3 eggs,…
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Research at the E. L. Niño Bee Lab at UC Davis
The UC Davis Series By: Elina L. Niño When I first formed my lab at UC Davis almost ten years ago, as every academic does, I tried to brand myself as a researcher doing X and Y research (in my case it was queen health and reproductive physiology). But the powers that be have decided…
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The Hopkins Method
Raising Queens Doesn’t Have to be Daunting if You Use the Hopkins Method By: Joe Conti I “blame” editor Jerry Hayes for getting me started in writing about the Hopkins Method for raising queens. As it happened, some years ago I was looking at some information regarding raising queens and found some references to American…
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Aggravation Apiaries
Profit and Loss in a Beekeeping Business By: John Miller How are things in American commercial beekeeping? According to a survey of several successful operations in America, conditions are not ideal. The price of North American honey is poor. It is very possible that Argentina, a significant honey-producing country will experience yet another default and…
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EPA Advisory
Study Hall – From the Editor By: Jerry Hayes Honey bees continue to struggle with pests, parasites and disease. Varroa and the varroa/Virus Complex is the main challenge for honey bees as it results in their overall loss of health, strength and vitality. We beekeepers have to be informed, connected and responsive to how we…
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Off the Wahl Beekeeping
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! New(ish) Beekeeper Column Chaos in the Beeyard By: Richard Wahl Orientation Flights My bee hives are located on a cement pad on the south side of an old hip roof dairy barn. They…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
An Australian MiteMare By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel One Winter day we were, as usual, seeking ways to travel the globe, get our Bee Culture work done and also not move an inch, when we happened upon the idea of interviewing our friend and most excellent beekeeper Liz Frost who lives in Australia. Australia…
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Found in Translation
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! A Sense of Place for Honey Production By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Much has been made of the effects of drought, crowding and other temporary disturbances on the yields gathered from…