Young Harris College
University of Georgia Beekeeping Institute Reaches 30-year Milepost Keith Delaplane Professor and Director, UGA Honey Bee Program Thirty years ago I was a young…
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Exploring our Clover Fixation
By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel We’re obsessed with clover. Because clover fixes a lot of things, including nitrogen. And before we go a…
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Pollen Digestion in Honey Bees
By: Jonathan W Snow How do honey bees digest pollen? Pollen supplies critical nutrients to many animals, including honey bees (Wright et al. 2018)…
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By: Plenary Talks Long Talks DOI: https://doi.org/10.55406/ABRC.22 Grooming behavior: insights on a honey bee defense mechanism against mites Morfin N1, Mora A1, Harpur BA2, Hunt…
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Honey Recipe
Cream Cheese Cookies By: Shana Archibald Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened (1 stick) 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 1/2 cup honey 1 egg…
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Drawn Comb
Our Most Valuable Resource By: Dewey Caron Empty bee boxes, all too common with varroa mite enhancement of virus epidemics in our bees, need bees….
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Protectabee™: An All-In-One Adjustable Hive Entrance
Protectabee™: An All-In-One Adjustable Hive Entrance By: Erica Shelley , Tasmin Brown, Aparna Karthikeyan, Nicole Gauvreau, and Peter Kevan What do Play-Doh, chocolate chip…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Bee Mine By: Becky Masterman and Bridget Mendel Did bees invent Valentine’s Day? No, they did not. The holiday was in fact established by…
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Found in Translation
Honey Bees, an Origin Story By: Jay Evans A long time ago, in a treehole far, far, away, our honey bee heroines started a…
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David MacFawn Landi Simone was born in Germany, the only child of an American diplomat and his Mexican-born wife. Her early years were imbued…
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Long-Term Investments Jessica Lawrence Beekeeping is one of those hobbies (or jobs) where planning for the future is a necessity, or you have wasted…
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John Miller I don’t pretend to replace well-written books, speakers, or podcasts. Here we are, well into 2022 – the Big Almond Pollination Dance…
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Mark Winston Let’s start by giving praise where praise is due: the three volumes of BEEBOOK: Standard Methods for Apis mellifera Research, published by…
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Electromagnetic Radiation – Part 1
And Honey Bee Health – Part 1 By: Ross Conrad The potential for harmful impacts from electromagnetic radiation to bees first came into the…
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A Beginner’s Thoughts and Winter Challenges Richard Wahl Getting Started: Although I still consider myself a beginner, I am entering my thirteenth year of…
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Alyssum Flowers Sedum, also called stonecrop or ice plant is in a large family (Family Crassulaceae) of succulents that mostly grow in sunny, dry…
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Study Hall
From the Editor, Jerry Hayes What Kind of Beekeeper Are You? The Survey A state of the art psychoanalytic and psychodynamic assessment prepared by known…
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Sweet ’68 Corvette Ed Colby I’ve known three grown men who were convinced that – within a matter of weeks – treasure-laden Spanish galleons…
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Without Fear of Raising Small Hive Beetles Eric Talley Keeping honey bees alive in today’s environment becomes more challenging each year due to pests,…
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I Told You So
Stephen Bishop It only took 97 needles in my back for an allergy doctor to confirm I’ve made poor life choices. And I’m not…
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