A Closer Look
Clarence Collison Queen Pheromones Honey bee queens produce a sophisticated array of chemical signals Honey bee queens produce a sophisticated array of chemical signals…
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A Reunion Worth Waiting For
Mattie Joiner The American Honey Producers Association 53rd Annual Conference and Trade Show took place December 1-4, 2021, and was a happy reunion amongst…
Read MoreBeekeeping and Life – Looking Forward and Looking Backward
James E. Tew Just recently and long ago Last week, Grandma and I were essentially old wall ornaments at our youngest grandson’s seventh birthday…
Read MoreThe Importance of Early Diagnostics in the Treatment of Honey Bee Viruses
Roger A. Moore, Ph.D. & Dave Wick, CEO BVS, Inc. Accurate and cost-effective rapid detection of viruses, including variant or engineered strains, requires novel…
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Buzz’s Bees and Strachan Apiaries Certified New World Carniolan Producer Partners Sue Cobey The New World Carniolan is one of the longest running and…
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American Honey Producers Association
Salutations AHPA members! What a crazy start to 2022! We finally get over the hurdle that is the pandemic just to have record high…
Read MoreThe global COLOSS network – Do it like the bees – Do it as a team!
Anna M. Gajda1, Gina Retschnig2, Maria Bouga1, Robert Brodschneider1, Norman L. Carreck1, Panuwan Chantawannakul1, Raffaele Dall’Olio1, Vincent Dietemann1, Ales Gregorc1, Lotta Fabricius Kristiansen1, Daniela…
Read MoreBeekeeping and the Organizations that Support Us
Debbie Seib Attend a beginning beekeeping class and one of the first things you’re told is find a mentor and join a local bee…
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Bee Vet
Another Arachnid Dr. Tracy Farone ‘Tis the season Spring is an exciting time of renewal for nature and beekeepers. Everything is coming to life…
Read MoreAvoiding Tree – Bee Calamities
On Thursday, February 17 at 9 pm a large section of my giant American elm tree split and fell, crushing my neighbor’s trees, while…
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Frank Benton on “A Beirut and Syrian Bee Convention May 1885”
Nina Bagley Twenty years ago, I became a beekeeper and my mentor passed his beekeeping books on to me when he moved. I have…
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The Stockholm Declaration about “Life EMC”
Olle Johansson All around the world dramatic reductions in pollinating insect populations are noted, for instance in Germany, in 2017, where more than 75% of them…
Read MoreHoney Bee Health Coalition
Building Bridges Steve Werblow The Bee Integrated Demonstration Project taught beekeepers, farmers and the program’s proponents in the Honey Bee Health Coalition a number…
Read MoreOff the Wahl Beekeeping
Increasing Your Hive Count Richard Wahl Once you have caught the bug (pun intended) of bee management there is the urge to increase your…
Read MoreBook Review
By: Mark Winston Wild Honey Bees Review of Wild Honey Bees: An Intimate Portrait by Ingo Arndt and Jurgen Tautz, 2022, Princeton University Press…
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Honey Recipe
Lemon Poppyseed Bread By: Shana Archibald Ingredients □ 2 cups all purpose flour □ 1 teaspoon baking soda □ 1 teaspoon baking powder □…
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South Carolina Statewide Honey Pollen Analysis
South Carolina Statewide Honey Pollen Analysis By: David MacFawn In early 2021, South Carolina Beekeepers Association (SCBA) began thinking about conducting a South Carolina…
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Is it Analytics Time?
Is it Analytics Time? By: John Miller Readers: My editor, Jerry Hayes grants me extraordinary subject selection freedom on my monthly Bee Culture Magazine…
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Found in Translation
Highlight Film: American Association of Professional Apiculturists By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Having honed my endurance by watching dozens of Winter Olympic…
Read MoreThe New World Carniolan Closed Program Celebrates It’s 40th Generation
Sue Cobey Carniolan Honey Bees Carniolan bees, highly favored by beekeepers worldwide, are known for their calm temperament, Winter hardiness, rapid Spring buildup and…
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