Colony Development
By: Larry Connor This article originally appeared in the Summer 2016 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Before obtaining the first bee colony,…
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Your Second and Third Year
By: Matthew Albert This article originally appeared in the Summer 2016 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Quite frankly, if not done the…
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Dr. Elina Niño California’s New Extension Specialist
by Larry Connor The University of California, Department of Entomology at Davis, has a new entomologist on staff covering extension and research in…
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Professional IR Cameras
by Jerry Bromenshenk Getting the most out of an IR camera. Lesson Learned Last month, I wrote about using infrared (IR) cameras to image…
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THINKING INSIDE THE BOX: Colony Demography Or What Shape Is Your Colony In?
by Lloyd Harris Every tangible object can be represented with an oval, a rectangle, a triangle, or some combination of the three basic object…
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A CLOSER LOOK: Starvation/Undernourished Colonies
by Clarence Collison Honey bee larvae are frequently inspected and, sometimes, provided with food by adult workers, but the stimuli that elicit the important…
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Ask Phil
by Phil Craft Got A Question? He Knows! Q: A beekeeper in North Carolina writes: This will be my 3rd season as a…
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BOTTOM BOARD: Last Day On The Job
by Ed Colby My Aspen Mountain ski patrol boss Bud gave me my best job evaluation ever, maybe because this is…
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The Apicultural Coverup
Begins In Your Backyard by Ross Conrad I am surprised at the number of highly regarded and experienced beekeepers who blame the dramatically…
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What’s For Lunch?
by Ann Harman Over the many centuries of man’s association with bees, including throughout beekeeping husbandry, one fact was well-known – if there…
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Swarm Signals
by Ann Chilcott Just imagine returning home relishing setting down overfilled grocery bags, and sitting in the shade with a nice cup of…
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Bee Kid’s Corner June 2016
Produced by Kim Lehman http://www.kimlehman.com
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Some Beeyard Thoughts
Observations and Updates by James Tew Setback beekeeping – dealing with discouragement. Bee diarrhea may not always bee diarrhea – apparently. Growing old…
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BIGGER PICTURE
It’s A Farmer’s Life For Me by Jessica Louque Bobby and I were on our way to drop off some bees in a…
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In Memoriam
Eric H. Erickson Jr. 1940 – 2016 Dr. Eric Erickson died April 13, 2016, 13 days shy of his 76th birthday. He is…
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How Bees See And Why It Matters
by Sharla Riddle Here’s an “eye-popping” fact: The USDA estimates that 80% of insect crop pollination is accomplished by bees. Scientists consider…
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The Indispensable Honey Bee
1973 vs. 2015: The Financial Situation by G. Splevin In previous issues of Bee Culture magazine I have written of the 1973 report,…
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Beekeeping In LATVIA
by Sarah Gabric The Latvian people are passionate about honey bees and beekeeping. Latvia sits nestled between Estonia to the north, Lithuania to the…
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Saving Native Bees and Honey Bees
by Jenny Flores We have all heard about the disappearance of honey bees and there is certainly cause for concern. With honey bees…
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INNER COVER
Land use information is a bit difficult to pin down since different sources use different data sets, have varying dates of newly released data…
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