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Francisco Farmfest Jessica Lawrence Our community has been holding our annual Farmfest for a few years now, but last year was modified for the…
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Fall Honey Recipe
Shana Archibald Apple Cider Donuts 1½ cups apple cider 1 cinnamon stick 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly 2 cups all purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon ¼ teaspoon salt…
Read MoreCalifornia Beekeeping From Past to Present
Ettamarie Peterson Up to a century and a half ago, overland shipment of bees to California was considered impossible – travel through the Great…
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Writing for BC
Ed Simon It was cold in Minnesota! At minus four degrees, everything was canceled on this Sunday morning and my “Cabin Fever” was running…
Read MoreConeflower, Please
Alyssum Flowers No garden or landscape should be without coneflower, Echinaceae spp. due to its cheery flowers, rugged hardiness and perennial visitation of many…
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The World’s Best Pollinator Plot
Stephen Bishop Well, I’ve done it. I’ve made a contribution to beekeeping science. I would like to thank everybody who has ever doubted my…
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Bee-toxic Pesticide Use In Almond Orchards During Bloom
Brittney Goodrich1 & Jennie Durant2 Each year, the majority of U.S. commercial beekeepers truck their honey bees to California to pollinate almonds from mid-February…
Read MoreBuild A Stainless Uncapping Tank
No More Plastic Ed Simon Are you tired of using a plastic uncapping tank that moves whenever you bump it and then needs to…
Read MoreApiary Inspection Tennessee
Mike Studer The Tennessee Department of Agriculture Apiary Program currently has 6 part-time inspectors and one full time State Apiarist. To supplement the high…
Read MoreThe Are Not My Bees!
But somehow, I am Responsible. James E. Tew Time stands still Sixteen years ago, in the October 2005, Bee Culture magazine, I wrote an…
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Winter Reading Gifts For The Beekeeper –
Silent Earth. Averting The Insect Apocalypse. By Dave Goulson. Published by Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-308820-7. 328 pgs., hard cover. $28.99. If you had to…
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Study Hall
From the Editor I Sample, I Treat, They Die Q – Why do I sample consistently and treat all my colonies following label directions…
Read MoreLaying Workers
Greg Carey If you keep bees, sooner or later you will encounter a laying worker situation. For me it was in my second Spring….
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Clubs…Big and Small
John Miller This is for the Clubs, large and small, thriving and struggling. Change is Constant, right? We’ve covered that. Half of what we…
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Risk of Agh in Far West US
Erik Norderud & Robert Peterson PhD Summary The recent introduction of the Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia Smith, in the United States in late…
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Bee Vet
Euthanasia Dr. Tracy Farone Euthanasia: Our Bees Deserve the Consideration One part of my job as a veterinarian has been to provide euthanasia services….
Read MoreBottom Board
Sleeping Giant Ed Colby It’s early September as I write, and full-speed ahead and damn the torpedoes at Paul’s honey house. Paul casually mentioned…
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Epipen
The EpiPen pricing scandal: A symptom of the legalized corruption embedded within the only profit oriented health care system that still exists in any…
Read MoreThe Bees Are Resilient – Until They’re Not
Early Hoffman I have the privilege to speak to hundreds of beekeepers each month, some are commercial, while others are sideliners, and a few…
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Stress and Sickness
By: Jay Evans Honey bees are interconnected within colonies, with a crowded three-dimensional space that favors constant contact. Add shared feeding and a mite…
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