Requeening
By: Larry Connor In Nature In Nature, queen replacement is a family event. When a queen is being a replaced, the worker bees recognize…
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Some Beeyard Thoughts, Observations and Updates
By: James Tew Extracting honey at the wrong time (Part 1). Some unsubstantiated thoughts on propolis. Just a bit more than a year ago…
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The American Bee Research Report
A Summary Of The Proceedings From Galveston By: Elina L. Niño This year marked yet another tremendous joint conference of the American Beekeeping Federation, The…
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Downtown “Your City” Bees, LLC
By: Toni Burnham You Can Do This About a year and a half ago, one of my favorite newbee-ish beekeepers asked me to lunch….
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Bottom Board
What Happens When? This Winter I drove over the mountains to put down a rebellion of beekeepers who thought they might secede from the…
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The Polariscope
A Useful Tool For Judging Honey By: Jim Thompson A polariscope, according to the Random House Dictionary is: “an instrument for measuring or exhibiting…
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The Politics of Killing Bees- Pesticides
By: Katherine Kiefer Interest in honey bees and beekeeping in the U.S. has never been greater. Despite increased interest in the plight of honey…
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Detecting Honey Adulteration
By: Robert Packer Using Infrared Spectroscopy. It’s as easy as A, Bee, C. Food adulteration: A global problem While many people are aware of…
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FOUND IN TRANSLATION
Prime Time, Passing Along Immunity. What if you could predict the disease environment of your offspring and then do something to increase their odds…
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A Closer Look
Queen Rearing Behaviors Conflict and cooperation during queen replacement. The production of new queens is a colony level process involving the coordinated activities of…
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It’s Summers Time!
As I write this we are hurrying to meet our deadline for this issue because in two days we get on a plane to…
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The Inner Cover
Did you take a good look at that photo? It was taken several years ago by Sylvia Jadczak. If her last name sounds familiar…
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Regional Honey Market Report
May Report Business Plans So, what to expect, and what to do this honey season. With prices at best flat, and not looking very…
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Bigger Picture
By Jessica Louque Spring Seeds Part 2 – High Mowing Seeds As mentioned in some of my previous articles, High Mowing Seeds is another…
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What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You
By: Denise Ohio and Catherine Minden Keeping Records Beekeeping is a multisensory experience. You don’t just see the bees, you listen to them, you…
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Facebook Advertising
By: Jessica Dally Facebook marketing and the dreaded Facebook algorithm. What it is, why it matters, why people care. It has changed over the…
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Don Coats: His Veterinarian Love For Animals Also Embraces The Pollinator World
By: Dewey Caron Don Coats, DVM (retired) began beekeeping during his last years as a dog and cat doctor. What started as a hobby…
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Keeping Bees At Lee Correctional
By: Gee Atkinson The bee program here is only one of many we have. If you are like me, I rarely drive by Lee…
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The National Honey Bee Survey In Vermont
By: Ross Conrad Made Possible by Samantha Alger and Alex Burnham The massive increase in U.S. honey bee colony losses in the last decade has…
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It’s Hive Inspection Day With Your Mentee!
By: Ann Harman Every student of the beginning beekeeper classes of the East Cupcake Beekeepers Association is assigned a mentor. In order to help…
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