Category: Ross Conrad
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Tropilaelaps Redux
Part 2 Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Ross Conrad Last month we looked at some of the recent research focused on the ability of the mite Tropilaelaps mercedesae to survive a migration from its current distribution, mostly…
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Tropilaelaps Redux
Part 1 Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Ross Conrad While yellow-legged hornets and reduced oversight and regulation of pesticides and pollution at the EPA are a couple of the latest concerns that have potential to be a…
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Maxant Model 7000 Honey Wax Separator
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! The History of the Continuous Spin Wax Separator and Maxant Industries By: Ross Conrad Hang around beekeepers long enough and you’re likely to hear of Charles Mraz (1905-1999) who founded Champlain Valley Apiaries…
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GeoCure Global Hive Cooperative
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Big Aspirations In A Small Industry By: Ross Conrad Who owns the largest commercial beekeeping operation in the USA? For decades it’s been the Adee family, owner of Adee Honey Farms that typically…
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Colony Densities:
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Choosing the Best Colony Spacing By: Ross Conrad Feral honey bee research conducted by Cornell’s Tom Seeley on bees living in the Arnot Forest near Ithaca, New York suggests that wild colonies prefer…
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Human Superiority
Species Superiority and the Rights of Nature Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Ross Conrad In last month’s Bee Culture article, I mentioned the recent granting of legal rights to stingless bees in the Peruvian Amazon. The granting…
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Glyphosate Retraction
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! The Rights of People and Bees By: Ross Conrad In the latest red flag that should cause even the most earnest pesticide advocate to seriously question and reject the current U.S. regulatory process…
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Counting My Blessings
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! It is nice to experience an exceptionally good honey crop every once in a while despite the climate extremes By: Ross Conrad The 2025 season was a wild one for me in the…