Repairing A Leather Bellows Smoker
By William Hesbach Leather, the mainstay fabric of early smokers, existed in an age of less disposable products making repair a common skill…
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Flow Hive
by Ross Conrad Stewart and Cedar Anderson of Byron Bay, Australia have made history and are fast becoming legendary. The father and son team…
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Overcoming Barriers: How to Continue Doing What you Love
They say death and taxes are unavoidable. There is a third item that can be added to this list; physical changes whether due to…
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Confessions of a New-Bee Beekeeper
By Jim Grupp There are a lot of us “new comers” in our bee club, just starting our beekeeping this year. Thought it might…
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Bigger Picture: Space Tunnels in the Front Yard
By Jessica Louque Do you ever have those neighbors that are always doing really strange things and you think maybe they are somewhere between…
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The Year to Join or Start a Farmer’s Market
By Ann Harman Farmers markets are now such an important part of our society that in 2014 the U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp…
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Beekeeper, Gardener, Teacher Meet Portland’s Glen Andresen
By Dewey Caron Glen Andresen has been keeping bees over 22 seasons. He is also a Master gardener. He enjoys teaching others both practical,…
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The Voice of the South: Control Varroa
I investigated several episodes of significant colony losses in Mississippi during the last year, and in almost all cases colony demise stemmed from failure…
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Courage & Persistance
by Ross Murphy On part of my acreage I have created a Community Garden. There I rent out garden plots to 12 families. I…
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A Short Story About A Wintering Colony With Dysentery
When to treat and when to simple accept the disease? I’m only fooling with you I am afraid that all too often I write…
Read MoreAsk Phil! He Knows!
A beekeeper in Texas writes: I recently watched a video on YouTube that advocates using a nine frame bar spacer, as shown below. It looks…
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Cornflowers, Star Thistle and Related Bee Plants
by Connie Krochmal The centaureas are reliable, long-blooming, sturdy, easy to grow plants. The group includes native, naturalized, and cultivated species. These are valuable…
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Prairie Restoration
“I can sit on the porch before my door and see miles of the most beautiful prairie… surpassing, in my mind, the beauties of…
Read MoreReporting Acute Bee Loss Incidents
Honey Bee Health Coalition Multiple Factors Influence Honey Bee Health Multiple factors impact honey bee health; these include bee pests and pathogens, forage and…
Read MoreA Closer Look: Venom/Venom Glands
by Clarence Collison Worker honey bees begin their first use of venom when they attain an age of of about 14 days for defense…
Read MoreDowntown: Funky City Apiaries Can Make Urban Lifestyle Even Cooler!
Get ready: this column is about to contradict itself. Kind of. Our overall message each month (yawn) is meant to be that bees are…
Read MoreHeartland Apicultural Society Hosts Its First Michigan Meeting
For the first time in it’s 14-year history, the Heartland Apicultural Society (HAS), will meet in Michigan. The venue will be Albion College and…
Read MoreAPIMONDIA 2019: We Are Inviting the World to Our Beeyard
Apimondia is an exciting, dynamic, diverse meeting of the world beekeeping industry. It is the bi-annual congress of the International Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations….
Read MoreBottom Board
Ed Colby Why don’t you just send all your bees to California for the almonds,” Marilyn wondered. “Then you’d have the Winter off.” Maybe…
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Need A Beekeeping Mentor? Why Not Ask The Bees
Ross Conrad Many indigenous cultures around the world believe that everything in the natural world has something to teach us if we are open…
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