Tag: 2026
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The Hidden Skill That Can Turn Any Good Beekeeper Into a Great One Part 1
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: David Burns Recently it has become clear to me that one of the biggest challenges facing beekeepers today, especially new beekeepers, is a serious disconnect between descriptive beekeeping and interpretive beekeeping. I…
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Fishing for New Beekeepers
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! A well-run local meeting seems to be the best bait By: James E. Tew Bee Culture (BC) is obviously a magazine that provides information about bees. People, who read BC, read it for…
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A Beekeeper’s Blindspot: Discovering Wing Wear Through Macrophotography
By Patrick D. Krantz One Summer morning, walking into my apiary as I often do, I stumbled upon photographer Zach Allerton crouched near the hives, his lens trained on a worker bee. He was using macrophotography to capture the fine details of her wings. He shared several images with me and for the first time,…
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Think of Winter Bees When Making Decisions
By: James Masucci How do you make bee keeping decisions? Is it “WWJHD” (What Would Jerry Hayes Do)? Or…“My friend does it this way, so I do too”. How about, “This is what my bees need?” Do you ever stop to think about the long-term implications of your decisions? What we do today really impacts…
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Université Laval
Université Laval LABORATOIRE D’APIDOLOGIE Building Canada’s Honey Bee Self-Sufficiency: The ULaval–CRSAD Research Partnership Andrée Rousseau1 and Pierre Giovenazzo2 1Centre de recherche en sciences animales de Deschambault – CRSAD, 2Université Laval Article Overview This article presents the collaborative research program between Laval University (UL) and the Centre de recherche en sciences animales de Deschambault (CRSAD), highlighting…
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Bee Vet
Click Here if you watched/listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback. Going Down the Road By: Tracy Farone Proper transport of agricultural livestock is a familiar topic amongst veterinarians and largely regulated by the USDA. Animals move for a variety of reasons, herd restocking, breeding, shows, and…
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Emily Dickinson
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Emily Dickinson: The Reigning Queen of Bee Inspired Poetry By: Ross Conrad From the industrious hum of the hive to “the golden angels of agriculture” moniker, bees lend themselves readily to poetic imagery.…
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The Joy of Helping Others
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: David Burns One of the greatest joys in beekeeping is helping a prospective or new beekeeper get started. It is so enjoyable when you can open up a hive with a new…