Neonicotinoid Pesticides: A Major Problem For Bees, Part IV
By: Ross Conrad The often heard refrain that Varroa is the primary cause of colony losses associated with CCD is simply not supported by the…
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Found in Translation
By: Jay Evans #Beeoptomism: What if the super really is half full? My ears perked up recently on hearing several leaders in environmental…
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Neonicotinoid Pesticides: A Major Problem For Bees, Part III
By: Ross Conrad The dose response characteristics of neonicotinoid insecticides turn out to be identical to those of genotoxic carcinogens, which are the most dangerous…
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Meet Derrick
By: Ed Colby At the turn of the century, Derrick Maness and I worked together for Colorado commercial beekeeper Paul Limbach. Derrick still does….
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Keeping Venom Out of Your Bee Club
By: Becky Johnson By Involving All Members In The Good And The Bad, Listening To Concerns And Forever Adapting To New Ideas And Ways,…
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Hands On Mentoring After The Classes There’s Very Little Formal Education For New Beekeepers
By: Buddy May Dedicated mentoring of the new and inexperienced beekeeper is perhaps the single most important aspect of successful management in beekeeping. I…
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A Closer Look- Impact of Nosema Disease
By: Clarence Collison IMPACT OFNOSEMA DISEASE ON PRODUCTIVE CASTES The biological impact of Nosema disease has mostly been associated with worker bees, whereas drones…
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Found in Translation
History Tends To Repeat Itself It can be easy to forget when working with honey bees that our human existence as their keepers pales…
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BEESPEAKER There are lots of things you can do to make sure this works.
By: Frank Mortimer, Jr. As president of the Northeast NJ Beekeepers Association, I am actively engaged in educating the general public about the importance…
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Midwest Master Beekeepers
By: Moneen Jones The MO Master Beekeeper Certification Program is now the Midwest Master Beekeeper Certification program thanks to a collaboration with the Missouri Conservation…
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NAGC
By: Peter Snyder We are pleased to report that beekeepers in the United States have a new ally in the battle to identify a…
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Bottom Board
Fire In The Belly We went to Scottsbluff, Nebraska for the eclipse. Scottsbluff’s prettier than you think. An entrepreneurial farm family rented us a…
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Neonicotinoid Pesticides: A Major Problem For Bees, Part II
The often heard refrain that Varroa is the primary cause of colony losses associated with CCD is simply not supported by the evidence. Harm…
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A Closer Look
QUEEN PHEROMONE Queen pheromone is complex and is produced from multiple glands. Honey bee queens produce a sophisticated array of chemical signals (pheromones) that…
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Found In Translation
By Jay Evans Old Time Bee Legions Few people are more attuned to honey bee behavior than Cornell University Professor, Thomas Seeley. From his…
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A Closer Look
By: Clarence Collison Proteinaceous Larval Jelly Royal jelly is a part of the diet of honey bee larvae and it plays a major role…
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Neonicotinoid Pesticides: A Major Problem For Bees, Part I
By: Ross Conrad The often heard refrain that Varroa is the primary cause of colony losses associated with CCD is simply not supported by…
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Bottom Board
By: Ed Colby A Tale From The Dark Side Waiting for the gal Marilyn while she got a massage, I struck up a conversation…
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Instinct vs. Intelligence
By: David Donnelly “The bee is the wisest and cleverest of all animals and the closest to man in intelligence.” These words were written…
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Autumn Thoughts
By: Ross Conrad Fences, honey and queens. Electric Fence Considerations According to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, the black bear population in the state…
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