Bigger Picture
By: Jessica Louque Spring Seeds Part I – Johnny’s Selected Seeds I’d say most of the readers for Bee Culture would consider themselves at…
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Found in Translation
By: Jay Evans What’s Going On At The Beltsville Bee Lab? Practical research discoveries follow a twisting path. Basic research driven by the human…
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Some Beeyard Thoughts, Observations and Updates
By: James E. Tew Beekeeping 2025 – Will hardly a decade really make that much of a difference? What’s so special about 2025? Well, being…
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Ask Phil- He Knows
Got a question? Q: A beekeeper in West Virgina writes: I have always heard that you can’t take honey from…
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Leave The Flying To Us
By: Jennifer Berry Moving Bees Is Stressful For The Bees, And The Beekeeper, Almost Always. Sitting at an airport is one of my least favorite…
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CLARENCE COLLISON: A Closer Look
By: Clarence Collison VARROA MITE POPULATION GROWTH A factor that might contribute to the growth of Varroa populations is the migration of mites into…
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THE CLIMATE, AND AGRICULTURE
By: Joe Traynor U.S. Agriculture, along with most U.S. citizens, is beginning to come to terms with the fact that our climate is indeed changing…
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PERMACULTURE- Can It Save The Bees, And The Beekeeper?
By: Darlene Bentley A little over two years ago we settled with our bees into a valley home near the northern end of a…
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WAS 2016
Notes From The Hawaii Meeting By: Malcolm Sanford The 2016 version of the Western Apicultural Society (WAS) met in Hawaii October 12 through 15…
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LETTER TO THE OBAMAS
By: Kim Flottum & Brad Root
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COST OF POLLINATION – 2016
USDA NASS released their 2016 Value Of Pollination report in December last year. By: Kim Flottum Below are excerpts from the report detailing what…
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It’s Summers Time!
Winter, Planting and Birds A week ago we woke up to a temperature of 1°. That’s what it said on the weather app on…
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Inner Cover
Before I say anything else, I have to tell you a little about Yvonne Crimbring the Editor of The Pennsylvania Beekeeper, the newsletter of…
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Regional Honey Price Report
FEBRUARY REPORT What Do They Sell? What do our reporters sell, you ask? Well, take a look at the chart above. This is the…
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Vaughn Bryant
The American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (AASP) recently awarded Vaughn Bryant, professor in the Department of Anthropology in the College of Liberal Arts, the…
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Unusual Thermal Images Of A Winter Cluster
Thermal cameras have become an important part of my colony management and a tool for my scientific research. Wyatt Mangum In Bee Culture (March…
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FERAL BEES
Rescuing A Feral Nest, After Collapse By: Kathy Keatley Garvey A collapsed feral honey bee colony in a hollowed-out Eucalyptus tree in a secluded area…
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California Foraging
Although beekeeping and foraging might appear to have little in common, it turns out that a large number of native or naturalized pollinator plants…
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Varroa Bombs Are Real
Please, Be A Good Neighbor In this season of vitriol we should all perhaps stand down, but there is something that must be said:…
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Bottom Board
The Great State Of Kansas My gal Marilyn and I just love Kansas! We took the scenic route back to Colorado from the Kansas…
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