Category: Minding Your Bees and Cues
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! When Beekeepers Meet By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Meeting with Minnesota Beekeepers The Minnesota Honey Producers Association* (MHPA) doesn’t like to meet alone anymore. After the tremendous success of the 2023 Tri-State…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Comb Considerations By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Comb Costs Removable combs arm beekeepers with multiple management manipulation options. Raise your hand if you have found yourself in the middle of your apiary…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Counting Bees By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel How Many Bees? What impresses non-beekeepers the most about a colony of bees is the sheer number of bees. Six hundred thousand bees does drop…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Double or Nothing By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Newspapers are alive with headlines such as “The Rise of the Bee Thieves” or “The Great Hive Heist.” That’s because California almond pollination, that…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Sensible Beekeeping By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Make Sense The most sensible beekeeper is the beekeeper who uses the most of their senses. The information your skin, nose, ears, eyes and mouth…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Nature’s Timing By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Phenology is the scientific study of when things happen. When fruit trees bloom, when drones first appear in the colony, when basswood or black locust…
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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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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Defend Beekeeping By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Whether your beekeeping year has already started or you are worried about the longevity of your Winter honey stores, we suggest adding a new item to your 2024 beekeeping season to-do list. This one ranks just below varroa control: defend beekeeping. What? Defend your beloved hobby? Defend…