What Do Bees See?
By: Peter Borst When I first thought of writing about honey bee vision, the painted hive fronts of Slovenia seemed a good place to…
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Honey As An ANTIBIOTIC It’s the little things that count, it seems!
By: Tianna Kolody Honey is widely accepted as a source of natural antioxidants, with applications for food preservation and human health. In general, antioxidants…
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Processing Honey: A Closer Look
By: Bob Binnie The debate on what constitutes good food seems to be endless. Diets abound with notions that are as varied as the…
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Peering Into The Future A Path To The Genius Hive
By: Joseph Cazier The Genius hive will be able to tell you what it needs to do better. Introduction Many of the changes we are…
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A Closer Look
PHEROMONE REGULATION By Clarence Collison Primer pheromones affect the physiological state of the individual resulting in longterm changes in behavior which may take days…
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BeeKeepers & Bombs
Varroa bombs. Let’s think about that. By: Ross Conrad It is the nightmare scenario of every beekeeper. Varroa mite populations build up in colonies…
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Thymol – Varroa Control
By: Claudia Garrido Thymol is one of the alternative treatments in late Summer, or even in Spring according to the temperatures of the year…
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Neonicotinoid Pesticides: A Major Problem For Bees, Part VI
By: Ross Conrad If you still think pesticides are not as big a concern as other issues like Varroa mites, you haven’t been paying attention….
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A Closer Look- FORAGING BEHAVIOR
By: Clarence Collison Individual foraging decisions during nectar collection and colony regulation of nectar intake are distinctly different from pollen foraging. Honey bees collect…
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Communication Among The Bees
By: Peter Borst Like a lot of beekeepers, I have a pretty extensive collection of books about bees. They range all the way from the…
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FOUND IN TRANSLATION
Let The Sonenshine In: New Ways To Control Mites By Jay Evans Efforts to control Varroa mites are expanding at the USDA-ARS Bee Research…
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Bottom Board
Meghan By: Ed Colby I like to say I’m retired, but I’ve never been busier. A hundred and fifty colonies keep me occupied. That,…
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Dicamba and Bees
By: Jonathan Lundgren Repeating a mistake generally doesn’t end well. When genetically modified, glyphosate-tolerant crops hit the scene in the mid-1990s, it was…
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TAKE YOUR CLUB TO THE NEXT LEVEL
By: Tina Sebestyen February, it seems like spring will never arrive. In an effort to escape darkest Winter, we bring out our seed catalogs,…
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MAKE A SUPPORT SYSTEM IN YOUR ORGANIZATION
By: Ettamarie Peterson Recently I got a packet of thank you letters from a third grade class that I had visited to educate them…
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BabelBee
By: Frank Linton If beekeeping had its Uber or Airbnb what would it look like? Uber owns no taxis, Airbnb owns no hotels, yet…
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Neonicotinoid Pesticides: A Major Problem For Bees, Part V
The often heard refrain that Varroa is the primary cause of colony losses associated with CCD is simply not supported by the evidence. So…
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A CLOSER LOOK
WATER COLLECTION/HUMIDITY REGULATION Sometimes, however, a colony must collect pure water. A colony of honey bees needs water for several functions: to maintain body…
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FOUND IN TRANSLATION
Keeping Your Honey Waiting By: Jay Evans As a scientist, I notice and tuck away lots of recent articles on topics that relate to…
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By: Ed Colby Getting Ready Last November down by the Colorado River, Paul and the boys stacked four-way pallets of bees three high. Semis…
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