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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MAKING INCREASE
A Comparison Of Different Methods Of Obtaining Honey Bees By: Patrick Dwyer Making increase is a fundamental activity of beekeeping whether one is a…
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Bottom Board
By Ed Colby Galveston Paul and I depart in the teeth of a snowstorm. Over Vail Pass, up the long hill to the Eisenhower…
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Searching For Pollen In Honey
By: Vaughn Bryant, Texas A&M It’s Not As Easy As You Think! “Hello, Dr. Bryant could I visit your lab this weekend and learn how…
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Some Beeyard Thoughts, Observations and Updates
By: James Tew Talking and writing about bees – modern beekeeping minefields, and comments on dealing with old frames. Talking and writing about bees –…
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Royal Jelly- A worker bee produced, protein rich, mother’s milk
By: Stephanie Bruneau Did anyone ever tell you ‘you are what you eat’? There is no creature for which this is more true than…
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Kid’s Corner
Blue Blossoms For Honey Bees
By: Janet Davis There’s something about shimmering blue flowers that fascinates gardeners – in fact some love them so much that they devote a…
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A Closer Look
By: Clarence Collison The Queen’s Court Usually eight or more worker attendants are present when a queen is stationary, but they tend to lose…
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FOUND IN TRANSLATION
By: Jay Evans Good Bug, Bad Bug As I finish this column on Super Bowl Sunday I am reminded of a sarcastic comment used…
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