A Closer Look
Beeswax, Wax Glands Beeswax is a complex substance made up of wax esters, fatty acids and hydrocarbons. By: Clarence Collision Wax is used by…
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Build A Vintage Hive-Seat
By: Peter Sieling The 1901 edition of ABC of Bee Culture features a woodcut with the caption “How to sit on hive-cover”. You might…
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Is it Feeding Time in Your Apiary?
By: Ross Conrad There are various ways to feed and each option has benefits and drawbacks for you and your bees. The month of…
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A Simple Hivetop Feeder for Top-Bar Hives
By: Marcel Durieux One of the charms of the top-bar hive (TBH) is its lack of standardization. It comes in a variety of forms,…
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Restocking Winterkilled Hives
A routine aspect of beekeeping By: James E. Tew It is a beehive fact of life Occasional dead bee colonies – at any time…
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Downtown
Car-Free Beekeeping: Going Green Without Burning Gas Human Powered Transit By: Toni Burnham For the past few years, we have seen a small, but…
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Grafting
By: Maryann Frazier, Elina Niño and Christina Grozinger GRAFTING… a useful skill that many beekeepers would love to have in their beekeeping skills toolbox…
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Inner Cover
Reader Survey. Meeting Messages. By: Kim Flottum We recently conducted a reader survey. You may have been one of those contacted by the people…
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Build a Feeder Jar Stand
By: Ed Simon Introduction: Spring is here again and you have decided to double your hive count. Of course that mans that there will…
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Mentoring Concepts
Setting up a mentoring program requires time & effort! By: Larry Connor A growing number of beekeeping organizations use mentoring programs as a means…
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A History of Feeders
A Look At A Few Of The Dozens That Have Patents By: Jim Thompson Many different types and styles of bee feeders have been…
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Conversations with a Ukraine Beekeeper
By: Tom Rearick One of the benefits of writing a bee blog is that I also get to meet interesting people from around the…
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A Big Dilemma By: Ed Colby Cats are a dime a dozen, until you need one. Mice rule the barn where I store my…
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By: Ann Harman February is a strange month. It is the shortest one but it has quite a few days for observances. One of…
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Ask Phil
Got a Question? By: Phil Craft A beekeeper in Kentucky writes: Is it ok to leave supers on hives during the Winter? Phil replies:…
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Better Beekeeping With Better Records
By: Lonnie Funderburg It’s that time of the year when some of us make resolutions with good intentions and, for me, with usually poor…
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A Closer Look
Bee Development Development includes a pre-capping period (with the cell open) and a post-capping one with the cell sealed. By: Clarence Collison Honey bees…
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Creating Pollinator Habitat
A Beekeeper/Government/Corporate Collaboration By: Michele Colopy, Peggy Garnes and Terry Liberman-Smith The Ohio Environmental Education Fund (OEEF), a program within the Ohio EPA, has…
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Avoid Tank Mixing Insecticides with Fungicides. Not all fungal diseases can be controlled by fungicides. By: Michele Colopy Fungicides (according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary…
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Bigger Picture
Sweets For Your Honey By: Jessica Louque Being February, it’s about that time to see pink and red hearts everywhere you shop. Jewelry and…
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