Found in Translation
Bees and the Web that Traps Them By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab While big injuries, exposures and accidents are always a risk,…
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The Reliability of Science – Part 1
The Reliability of Science – Part 1 By: Ross Conrad We have all come to rely on science. It is responsible for most of…
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U.S. Honey Industry Report – 2021
Released March 18, 2022, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Supplementary by Kim Flottum United States Honey…
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God Bless Ukraine!
Ed Colby As I write this in March, Kyiv is under siege. Mariupol has been flattened, 90 percent of its buildings destroyed, as Vladimir…
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A Closer Look
Clarence Collison Queen Pheromones Honey bee queens produce a sophisticated array of chemical signals Honey bee queens produce a sophisticated array of chemical signals…
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A Reunion Worth Waiting For
Mattie Joiner The American Honey Producers Association 53rd Annual Conference and Trade Show took place December 1-4, 2021, and was a happy reunion amongst…
Read MoreBeekeeping and Life – Looking Forward and Looking Backward
James E. Tew Just recently and long ago Last week, Grandma and I were essentially old wall ornaments at our youngest grandson’s seventh birthday…
Read MoreThe Importance of Early Diagnostics in the Treatment of Honey Bee Viruses
Roger A. Moore, Ph.D. & Dave Wick, CEO BVS, Inc. Accurate and cost-effective rapid detection of viruses, including variant or engineered strains, requires novel…
Read MoreNWC Transition Part 2
Buzz’s Bees and Strachan Apiaries Certified New World Carniolan Producer Partners Sue Cobey The New World Carniolan is one of the longest running and…
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American Honey Producers Association
Salutations AHPA members! What a crazy start to 2022! We finally get over the hurdle that is the pandemic just to have record high…
Read MoreThe global COLOSS network – Do it like the bees – Do it as a team!
Anna M. Gajda1, Gina Retschnig2, Maria Bouga1, Robert Brodschneider1, Norman L. Carreck1, Panuwan Chantawannakul1, Raffaele Dall’Olio1, Vincent Dietemann1, Ales Gregorc1, Lotta Fabricius Kristiansen1, Daniela…
Read MoreBeekeeping and the Organizations that Support Us
Debbie Seib Attend a beginning beekeeping class and one of the first things you’re told is find a mentor and join a local bee…
Read MoreAvoiding Tree – Bee Calamities
On Thursday, February 17 at 9 pm a large section of my giant American elm tree split and fell, crushing my neighbor’s trees, while…
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Bee Vet
Another Arachnid Dr. Tracy Farone ‘Tis the season Spring is an exciting time of renewal for nature and beekeepers. Everything is coming to life…
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Frank Benton on “A Beirut and Syrian Bee Convention May 1885”
Nina Bagley Twenty years ago, I became a beekeeper and my mentor passed his beekeeping books on to me when he moved. I have…
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The Stockholm Declaration about “Life EMC”
Olle Johansson All around the world dramatic reductions in pollinating insect populations are noted, for instance in Germany, in 2017, where more than 75% of them…
Read MoreHoney Bee Health Coalition
Building Bridges Steve Werblow The Bee Integrated Demonstration Project taught beekeepers, farmers and the program’s proponents in the Honey Bee Health Coalition a number…
Read MoreOff the Wahl Beekeeping
Increasing Your Hive Count Richard Wahl Once you have caught the bug (pun intended) of bee management there is the urge to increase your…
Read MoreBook Review
By: Mark Winston Wild Honey Bees Review of Wild Honey Bees: An Intimate Portrait by Ingo Arndt and Jurgen Tautz, 2022, Princeton University Press…
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How would you like your eggs?
By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Beekeeping is exactly like crypto-currency: it’s one of those topics that you have to think twice about bringing…
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