Rooftop Beekeeping-Should You Try It?
Carleigh Turner Walking on the rooftop of a building, you might expect to see a pool, a garden, or just a barren urban landscape….
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Promise and pitfalls of using bumblebees for blueberries
Lisa DeVetter, Maxine Eeraerts Ensuring sufficient pollination is a challenge shared by many blueberry growers. While honey bees can get the job done, optimal…
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No Accounting For Taste Ed Colby I thought I’d been bee-stung about everywhere a man can get stung. Then one sweltering day this Summer…
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Varroa Population Dynamics
All Beekeeping Is Local Ross Conrad Last month we reviewed the results of a trial comparing treatment-free cultural controls with a commercially approved acaricide…
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A Closer Look
Honey Bee Navigation, Learning and Memory A Bee Has to Learn Color and Shape of Flowers Clarence Collison “Foraging is essential to a honey…
Read MoreDrought, Supers, Empty, Feed Cost Up, Varroa, Overwinter (Is That Enough?)
John Miller It’s approaching mid-August in Gackle. Last night the first measurable rainfall since July 3 occurred. As I told Reuters reporter Karl Plume,…
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Comparison Of Treatment-Free Cultural Controls With Formic Acid Varroa Mite (Varroa destructor) Treatments In Managed Apis mellifera Colonies
Ross Conrad The chart and table below were inadvertently left out of Ross Conrad’s article in our September issue. We apologize to Ross and…
Read MoreBuilding A Migratory Cover – Cement
Ed Simon Earlier this year (2021) the cost of lumber rose to unprecedented heights. Within ten weeks the cost of plywood doubled. The migratory…
Read MoreThe Happy, Sad Day Of Late Summer, 2021
It’s ending. James E. Tew Yep, for me, the 2021 season is ending. Yes, there will still be some late season flowering action from…
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An Interview with Alex Payne How did you decide to pursue research in entomology? After working in plant virology labs within the Department of Plant…
Read MoreA Glance At The Oldest Egyptian Beehives
Hossam Abou-Shaara1 Dahi Mohamed2 Beekeeping is an old practice in Egypt since the time of Pharaohs. The ancient Egyptians used mud hives to keep…
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Study Hall
From the Editor RNAi For Varroa Control Q – After reading the item from GreenLight in your August issue, I’ve tried to find more…
Read MoreThe Proud Frame
Same Honey – Less Equipment Greg Carey “A penny saved is a penny earned.” – George Herbert Unless you have been in my garage…
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Anne Marie Fauvel & Dan Wyns Looking For Signs of Varroa Mites August is Varroa month at Bee Informed Partnership (BIP). The BIP Field…
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Shana Archibald Pumpkin Honey Dump Cake (in the crockpot) Spice Cake Mix (15.25 oz) 1 Box Instant Vanilla Pudding (3.4oz) 1 Can of Pumpkin…
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Bees Working With Farmers Charlotte Coates1, D. Susan Willis Chan1, Erica Shelley1,3, Saira Espinosa2, Peter Kevan1 Can you imagine a world where bees are working with…
Read MoreApiary Inspection Arkansas
Zac Wellman The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Apiary Program’s mission is “To protect honey bees in order to maintain a viable honey bee population…
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A Closer Look
Comb Construction and Cell Capping Clarence Collison Significant Chemical And Physical Changes Occur In The Wax During Comb Building “Wax secretion is age-related, varies…
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Beekeeping Resilience” Allan Williams On New Year’s Eve 2020, while a church was climaxing its end of year celebrations, there was a declaration heard…
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Shana Archibald BROWN SUGAR & HONEY BACON 1 lb. bacon 2 c. brown sugar + additional ~1 c. 1 tbsp. red pepper flakes Honey…
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