Out of the Past
The Representation and Symbolic Meaning of the Honey Bee Through Time By: Isabelle Hopkinson Reprinted with permission from Beekeepers Quarterly in the Autumn 2020…
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11 Tenants For Success
By: David MacFawn This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Dr. Tom Seeley, professor at Cornell…
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Out of the Past
The Representation and Symbolic Meaning of the Honey Bee through Time. By Isabelle Hopkinson From the Greeks to the Egyptians, from Napoleon to the…
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My Environmental System
By: James E. Tew For the moment – success! No doubt, I told you about my experiences last Autumn. I simply can’t recall how…
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Synthetic Wax
BetterComb and the Demise of 100% Beeswax By: Ross Conrad A recently adopted innovation in beekeeping is the use of completely drawn out honey…
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New Honey Bee Pests In North America
A Guide To Asian Hornets That Affect Honey Bees By: Paul Kozak and Gard Otis 2019 will be remembered as a significant year for…
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CSA – Community Supported Agriculture
Farming Is Always An Uphill Battle By: Ross Conrad Pandemic resistant honey sales The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted our world in profound ways, none…
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Nadja’s Favorites: A City Ecosystem
By: Becky Masterman and Bridget Mendel Finding Nadja’s Minneapolis home on a Summer day does not require house numbers. Just drive until you find the…
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Asian Giant Hornet
By: Jennifer Berry The first time I saw the video of Asian giant hornets devouring a honey bee colony, I was heartbroken. To watch…
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Murder Hornet: The Japanese Perspective
By: Allen Summers Yeah – I’ve been seeing the articles in media lately about “Murder Hornets” like you have. Think the way it’s being…
Read MoreMake a Calendar for Your Bees
By: Ann Harman This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Each year in January we get…
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Time & Money Saving Tips & Tools
By: Darryl Gabritsch This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years A lot of books and bee…
Read MoreFirst Year Hive Tasks
By: Ann Harman This article first appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years • Monitor Varroa with alcohol wash…
Read MoreThe 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…
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Boxes 101 | Measure Twice, Check Once, Cut a Few Hundred Times
By: Zachary Lamas This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Building boxes can be quite profitable…
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What Not to Worry About During Your First Year Beekeeping
By: Ross Conrad This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Beekeeping has gotten complicated: Feeding, mites,…
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The Next Generation
By: Erin Hayes This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years In a rural town in northern…
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Keeping Bees | Lessons From the Ultimate Coop
By: Jackie Hough This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years A few months ago, a good…
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Urban Swarms: Why You Should Care
By: Marcel E. Durieux This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years One of the happy differences…
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We Aren’t the Problem
By: Peter Keilty This article originally appeared in the Summer 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years We live in an age where…
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