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Winter Bees: Staying Youthful with Fat Bodies

By: DD Burlin This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years There appears to be some debate…

The 4 P’s of Beekeeping

By: Michele Colopy This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Pests, pathogens, pesticides, and poor forage…

INFORMATION LITERACY FOR BEEKEEPERS

By: Ellie Andrews Honey bees are the best teacher. Or so they say. Unfortunately, mine don’t speak English, and I can be a little dimwitted,…

The 3 “Musts” Of Beekeeping

By: Jim Berndt This article originally appeared in the Summer 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years The primary goal for any new…

The Chicken Chick in the Beeyard

By: Gail Damerow This article originally appeared in the Winter 2018 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Getting into beekeeping accidentally isn’t always…

DOWNTOWN The Good Of The Hive, The Good Of The Bees, And The Good Of Us All

By: Toni Burnham 500,000 Murals Across America “The Good of the Hive” is a quest by urban artist Matthew Willey to paint 50,000 honey…

City Bees: Coming Out to the Neighbors?

By: Toni Burnham This article originally appeared in the Winter 2017 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years As you make connections, try to…

DOWNTOWN Keeping Bees Where The Poop Hits The Fan

A Bunch Of Other Machinery, Too. I recently told a reporter (who wasn’t there for me) that this should be her headline: Largest Sewage…

Zika and Bee Kills

By: Tom Rearick Bee kills from pesticide treatments are not new. What is new is a rational fear of the Zika virus and the…

Downtown “Your City” Bees, LLC

By: Toni Burnham You Can Do This About a year and a half ago, one of my favorite newbee-ish beekeepers asked me to lunch….

Treat Your Bees To A Banquet of Poppies

Poppies rank as quintessential plants for pollen production. I am not a beekeeper. I am, however, a professional entomologist and an avid gardener. As…

Charlie Brandts and the White House Bees

By: Toni Burnham What if you were a second-year beekeeper, working for an outfit that was looking to go green, and your boss’ boss…

Master Beekeeping Programs

by- Jerry Bromenshenk The face of beekeeping education looks vastly different than it did 10 years ago and is continuing to change. There is…

Take Care of the Bees

By Jennifer Berry This past June, Brushy Mountain Bee Farm had a Field Day,which attracted about 150 participants. I was invited to lecture on…

The Successful Beekeeper

By: Ross Conrad As we head into Autumn and reflect on the past beekeeping season, what criteria do we use to call it a…

The Indispensable Honey Bee

1973 vs. 2015: Importance of Bees G. Splevin In previous issues of Bee Culture magazine I have written of the 1973 report, “The Indispensable…

Randy Oliver – Honeybee Nutrition (Part 2)

Honeybee Nutrition by Randy Oliver Part 2 Probiotics Probiotics are a really hot topic in both humans and livestock. We’re finding out that of…

Bee Yards

By: Buzz Phillips This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016 Premiere Issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years So, you’ve decided to start…