Bee Vet
An Interview with Dr. Britteny Kyle, DVM, MS Dr. Tracy Farone For BC’s interview issue, I sat down (over ZOOM) with Dr. Britteny Kyle,…
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A Case for Embracing Smaller Population Beehives
Beekeeping Techniques for the Faint-Hearted Beekeeper James E. Tew My bees are ageless. I am not. As have you, I have been through many…
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Apiary Inspection Maryland
Cybil Preston We have one full time Apiary Inspector, four contractual part time seasonal human bee inspectors, two seasonal K-9 Foulbrood detectors and two…
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An Interview with James T. Key
Ross Conrad While there are African American beekeepers in the United States, generally speaking with a few notable exceptions (such as the city of…
Read MoreThe Doctor is In
An Interview with Oregon’s Dr. Ramesh Sagili Dewey Caron Oregon State University’s (OSU) bee position dates back to 1919. Herman Scullen was hired so…
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Suggestion for Holiday Season Reading
A History of Keeping and Managing Doubled and Two-Queen Hives, by Alan Wade. Published by Northern Bee Books, UK, 6.5” x 9.5”, 169 pgs.,…
Read MoreAn Interview with Dr. Humberto Boncristiano
InsideTheHiveTV, the Show about Bees Malcolm Sanford Growing up in a beekeeping family, with a father as a commercial beekeeper near Sao Paulo, Brazil,…
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American Foulbrood
A Hobbyist’s Epxerience Charlotte Hubbard & Robert Candido Opening a hive and deeply breathing in the scent, seeing those shiny, curious faces staring back,…
Read MoreWinter Honey Recipe –
Berries & Honey Breakfast Granola Shana Archibald 3 cups of rolled oats 2/3 c of honey 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp baking powder 1/2…
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A Legal Remedy for MisbrandeD and Adulterated honey
John A Fraser III1 The June 2021 Bee Culture included an article by Pamela Parker quoting a number of beekeepers and honey producers and…
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The Beekeeping Journey of a Biologist –
An Interview with Slava Strogolov Biologist at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Earl Hoffman Question: Please share your background. Why did you choose to…
Read MoreAn Interview with Hector Alvarez
California Beekeeper From Mexico Ettamarie Peterson I first met Hector Alvarez at the Sonoma County Beekeepers’ Club (now an association) meetings twenty-eight years ago….
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Beekeeping Youtubers You Might Like
Stephen Bishop It used to be if you wanted to get into hobby beekeeping, first you planted a little garden, then you got chickens,…
Read MoreWhy Didn’t You Listen To Your Mentor Part 1
Ed Simon The three parts of this collection are subsets of the 263 hints, definitions and informational tidbits gathered in over twenty years of…
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Bottom Board
Tom Theobald Ed Colby The person who inspired me to start writing about bees 20 years ago was legendary Boulder, Colorado beekeeper Tom Theobald….
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Found in Translation
Smells Promising Jay Evans It is pretty obvious that Varroa mites love honey bees. This love is realized by the mites’ sense of touch…
Read MoreBigger Picture
An Interview with Benjamin Vasquez Jessica Lawrence For the interview edition, I wanted to put a highlight on beginner beekeepers. They face obstacles now…
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An Interview with Dr. Marla Spivak PhD
University of Minnesota By: John Miller Bee Culture Magazine tasked contributors to interview a person in our industry. I have long admired Dr. Marla…
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An Interview with Dr. Mohamed Alburaki
USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory By: Jay Evans This month I was eager to interview my USDA-ARS Beltsville Bee Research Laboratory colleague, Dr. Mohamed Alburaki….
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An Interview with Dr. Jamie Ellis
University of Florida’s Honey Bee Research and Extension Labratory By: Malcolm Sanford Meet Dr. Jamie Ellis, from the University of Florida’s Honey Bee Research…
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