The Measures Of Success
By: Ross Conrad Achieving success as a beekeeper can be elusive. It is a goal that is often based on factors that are changing…
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Basic Beekeeping Is Not Just For Beginners
By: Dr. James E. Tew Basic beekeeping is fine Among my many annoying characteristics, I have a particular one that especially frays my immediate…
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Summers Time
By: Kathy Summers Things Are Always Changing Nothing ever stays the same forever – or does it. I’ve been at this job for what…
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Inner Cover
By: Kim Flottum It’s been a quiet month here in the Spieth Road Beeyard. The weather settled, kind of, and things started to dry…
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Are You Listening
By: Apis M. Mellifera On Help From Above At this time, the Board Of Directors has asked me to communicate its sense of unease…
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The Story of A.I. Root
By: A.I. Root In the year 1866 I had a light colony, or rather nucleus that I put into the cellar. This cellar was…
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FEEDERS – Every Feeder Has Its Strengths And Drawbacks
Volume, Cost, Small Hive Beetle And Time All Add Up By: David MacFawn Feeding your bees for their survival is critical if they are…
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Beekeeper’s Toolbox
By: Jim Berndt I am not a naturally tidy person; I am not one of those people who knows precisely where everything is and…
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Are You Listening?
By: Apis Mellifera Introduction The history of beekeeping is filled with observations that have led to many efficiencies in the human manipulation of honey bee colonies. The…
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DOWNTOWN
By: Toni Burnham Bee Sting Allergy Basics And Allergy Understanding For Beekeepers It probably happens every time you talk to a group of people…
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The Story of A.I. Root – The Warehouse Fire!
By: A.I. Root At the national convention in Cincinnati in 1882 I had announced that I would take a foundation mill with me and…
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Inner Cover
By: Kim Flottum “America’s farmland is disappearing at a rate of three acres every minute.” American Farmland Trust. AFT surveys land use with…
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Beekeeper Nutrition: The Ethics of Food Processing
By: Christina & Katy Snoddy This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years The pillars of good…
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By: Ann Harman This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years The bee calendar on the wall…
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First Year Hive Tasks
By: Ann Harman This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years •October First is Mouse Guard Day….
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By: Stephen Bishop This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years We all like to think we…
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Honey Bee Colony Losses 2018-2019 Preliminary Results
By: Bee Informed Partnership This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years The Bee Informed Partnership (BIP;…
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Pollen
By: Bill Hesbach This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Pollen, the miraculous germ cell of…
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Autumn Management in the Southeast
By: David E. MacFawn This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Autumn preparations are frequently deemed…
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By: Marie Carres This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years As the northern states start preparations…
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