Ask Phil: October 2015
by Phil Craft (This Q&A was sent and answered in mid-July.) A beekeeper in Kentucky writes: I am a new beekeeper with two new…
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Beeyard Thoughts
by James E. Tew So you want to paint your hive ware? The very first article that I ever wrote for beekeeping was published…
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STORAGE ISSUES: Tanks, honey, supers . . . where to put it all.
by Ross Conrad This is the most challenging time of the year when it comes to storage By now the only beekeepers not finished…
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Downtown: A World Of Urban Beekeepers Is Looking For You
by Toni Burnham Though it too often seems like a source of worry, there’s sometimes a lot to be said for having lots of…
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Leveling the Field
by William Powers If you have been keeping bees for, say, a decade or so, somewhere in the back of your mind is an…
Read MoreWHAT IF WE RASIED $12M FOR BEE RESEARCH?
by Michele Colopy Think how this could make real change for all honey bees. There has been much ado about that new hive on…
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Removing Bees
by Michael Young Find the opening entrance that the bees are flying into. Remove the outside covering and spray a little thin sugar syrup….
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A Closer Look: Nectar Collection / Processing
By Clarence Collison Honey bees forage for two distinct nutrient sources in the form of nectar (energy) and pollen (nitrogen). Honey bees forage for…
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A Case for Honey
Get Ready For Bee Culture’s Next Event A case for honey. When your business is measured in cases of honey, when you begin to…
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Up in Smoke
by Jim Thompson In searching eight million plus United States patents that have been issued only 35 that relate to smokers and fumigators. Then…
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What is killing the bees in greece?
by Maryam Henein Ag Chemicals, It Seems, Are A Problem The hot topic across global financial markets at the moment is Greece. Greeks are…
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HELPING HONEY BEES EXPAND U.S. CANOLA
Joe Traynor Canola is a species of rapeseed, developed by Canadian scientists in the 1960s, that is low in harmful (to humans and animals)…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Dr. Jay Evans Named Research Leader at Beltsville
DATE: August 26, 2015 SUBJECT: Appointment of Dr. Jay Evans as the Research Leader of the Bee Research Laboratory in the Beltsville Agricultural Research…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Earth Has 3 Trillion Trees But They’re Falling at Alarming Rates. And You Wondered Where All the Honey Bee Food Went…
By Will Dunham, from Green Business Earth is home to just over 3 trillion trees – the redwoods of California, the olive trees of…
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NEW PRODUCTS: B-Funnel; Oxalic Acid; red headed honey. Book – Some Important Operations In Bee Management.
by Bee Culture Staff Some Important Operations In Bee Management. T.S.K. and M.P. Johansson. Originally published by IBRA, now Northern Bee Books, UK. Available…
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Waggle-Dancing Bees Emit Body Odors:New Evidence Of An Important Role For Scent In Bee Foraging Communication
David Gilley & Corinna Thom Bees and beekeepers share many things including the incessant drive to find food and eat it, behavior referred to…
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The Four Pillars of Honey Bee Management
by Bee Culture Staff Join Bee Culture Magazine’s Exploration of the Four Pillars of Honey Bee Management in October, 2015 at the Bee Culture…
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DEREGULATING HONEY IN MISSOURI:There are 19 ways to kill a bill and only one way to pass it.
by Eugene Makovec Remember that old movie, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”? Me either, but it had something to do with Jimmy Stewart going…
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SENSORY ANALYSIS OF HONEY : Author and taster completes her course in Italy.
by Marina Marchese Catching an international flight out of JFK is the last thing I wanted to do during an Ebola panic, it was…
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The National Honey Board : What they do for you!
by Ann Harman Do you know about the National Honey Board? If you are a beekeeper, large or small, you should be taking advantage…
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