Replaceable?
By: Stephen Bishop Proper beekeeping jargon dictates that the term hive means the box, the boards nailed and glued, which house the many thousand…
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Sleep Deprivation
By: Antonia DeGroot & Gard Otis It may come as a surprise to learn that honey bees sleep, and that sleep is a fundamental…
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Bee Kid’s Corner
Treatment Timing
By: Bill Ruzicka Dear Friends: During the hot part of the season I receive many calls and Emails: IM BEING TOLD THAT IN THIS HEAT…
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A Closer Look
By: Clarence Collison A TEMPORAL POLYETHISM The regulation of age-based division of labor among workers demands a high level of colony integration. Honey bee…
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The Hive Mind
By: Peter Borst When I first got interested in honey bees, I had this feeling there was something unknown waiting to be discovered in…
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The Technology Acceptance Model – Nudging Beekeepers Into The Future
By: Joseph Cazier, James Wilkes, Edgar Hassler Introduction In the April issue of Bee Culture we introduced the concept of a Genius Hive. Then…
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Synthetic Pollination & Invasive Species
By: Will Caverly Breathless reports tell that us flights of artificial pollinators will arrive any minute. A scientist at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced…
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Bullying – If It’s Different Is It Wrong?
Editorial By: Albert Chubak Bullying is not only exhibited by young people, it may be the office jerk who you wish would just quit. Bullying…
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It’s Summers Time!
California and North Carolina, and A Funny Chicken Story. The month of April was a busy month for us. But it was great. Kim…
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FOUND IN TRANSLATION
By: Jay Evans Holding The Line On Trait Rot and Inbreeding This month I describe three challenges in bee breeding along with recent efforts…
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My Story
Regional Honey Price Report – May Report
Winter & Spring Conditions We checked in with our reporters this month to determine how good, or how bad their Spring weather had been,…
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INNER COVER
Fruit and Honey By: Kim Flottum Every third bite. How many times have you heard that in the last 10 years? Millions, I’ll bet….
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It’s Summers Time!! More about New Zealand.
It is early April and in Northeast Ohio we are still waiting for even a hint of Spring. It snowed on my way to…
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Electronic Record Keeping – The Path To Better Beekeeping
By: Joseph Cazier Introduction Last month (April 2018 Issue), I wrote an article for Bee Culture outlining the path to what I called the…
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Easy Hive Monitoring
By: Phil Craft With all the challenges facing honey bees and beekeepers today, Varroa mites are still the greatest threat. Last month, in my…
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Beeyard Thoughts, Observations, and Updates
By James Tew Some of my colonies died during the Winter – should I have done more or less The rough and ready world of…
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Bottom Board
By Ed Colby Balance Paul extracts honey for me, so I don’t have to get my fingers all sticky. Last September I took most…
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Found in Translation
By Jay Evans Over In Winter I don’t want to dwell on loss for a second month, but there are increasingly good studies recently…
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