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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The Voices of Bee Culture
A Closer Look
By Clarence Collison Queen Cells and Rearing Stimuli There are basically two types of queen cells – those made from a worker larva, and…
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Bottom Board
By: Ed Colby The Good Samaritan The pot grower down the road told me his bees are doing fabulous. I asked him how his mites…
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Beekeeping In Costa Rica Pura Vida – It’s All Good
By: Sarah Gabric Everywhere you might go in Costa Rica, from the capital city of San Jose, to a remote barrio, to a tourist…
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Honey Bees, Antibiotics and Gut Microbia
By: Rebecca Novak Tibbitt The role of antibiotics is both good, and bad in honey bee microbia. Researchers at the University of Texas, Austin,…
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The Voices of Bee Culture
SEPTEMBER 22-24, MEDINA, OH COME HEAR THE VOICES OF BEE CULTURE SPEAKING THE WAY THEY WRITE Visit our site at https://beeculture.com/
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On Honey Bees and Fungi
By: Ross Conrad The relationship is a complicated one… The honey bee has an interesting relationship with fungi. Some fungi are harmful to bees…
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Bottom Board
Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Liquid nitrogen is very cold – between -320° and -346°F. And it’s not cheap, but Katie Lee told me you…
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A Closer Look
TROPHALLAXIS Trophallactic interactions can frequently be seen non-randomly between all members of the colony. Trophallaxis, the transfer of food by mouth from one individual to another,…
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Bee Venom Therapy
If modern medicine is unable to help you, try Bee Venom Therapy (BVT)…you have little to lose. The use of honey bee products for…
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The Honey Bee Health Coalition
Recent Accomplishments And Where We Are Heading Shapiro, Dykes, Sears, Hays, Berthelsen, Waycott Intro/Overview, by Julie Shapiro Honey bees play an integral role in…
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A Closer Look
VIRAL DISEASE SUSPECTIBILITY AND TRANSMISSION Transmission among colonies is a central feature for the epidemiology of honey bee pathogens.. Honey bees are social insects living in…
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FOUND IN TRANSLATION
Pollen Counts: New Ways To Assess Forage Quality A clear understanding of the range and diversity of pollen collected by honey bees is important…
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Ed Colby
Two Dollops of Honey By the time you read this, it’ll be over. But right now, in the merry month of May, I…
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The Beehive Thief
By: Peter Sieling Dresden, NY Feb. 1919 – William Keefer awoke to discover that eight of his honey bee colonies were missing. He was the…
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Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus (CBPV)
By: Don Coats Watch for this killer. It’s not passed by Varroa. Introduction: This article reports on a honey bee colony struggling for survival…
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#SCIENCEMARCH
By: Toni Burnham Honey bees, unlike marchers, stay inside when it pours down rain. Here in DC, advocates for pollinator research got soaked, instead….
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A Closer Look
Worker Reproduction Reproductive workers are seldom seen in colonies with a laying queen. Honey bee workers are sexually undeveloped females and under normal hive…
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