Tag: Audio
-
Minding Your Bees and Cues
A Fungicide Miss Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Becky Masterman When honey bee workers entomb something in their nest, maybe we should listen to them? When colonies use propolis to wall off the pollen stores they invested…
-
The Queen, Dr. Tarpy, and Endless Lessons
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Theresa J. Martin I attended the Eastern Apiculture Society (EAS) Conference on July 27-29, and came home with new knowledge, new questions, and a renewed appreciation for how much there is still…
-
Off the Wahl Beekeeping
Creating Beekeepers, Not Just Bee Owners Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Richard Wahl Clubs, Conferences or Bee SchoolsHaving visited many clubs and attended numerous conferences throughout my years as a beekeeper, I have experienced a wide variety…
-
Bee Vet
“Disabeeity” – When the Doctor Becomes the Patient Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Dr. Tracy Farone A quick AI search of “the average age of the American beekeeper” presents results in the 50-60 years range. While there…
-
The Egg Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Stephen Bishop We’ve been keeping chickens for fifteen years, even though they serve no practical purpose but to provide the ambiance of a mild domestic disturbance. Apparently, we keep them for their…
-
The Hidden Cost Of One More Hive
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 In my first few years as a new beekeeper, I thought that becoming a better beekeeper meant you started to have more hives. Even though I only started with one…
-
Microplastics and Honey Bee Health
An Emerging Area of Significant Scientific Investigation Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Ross Conrad It is not a stretch to say that honey bees and other pollinators are critical to maintaining our global food production and preserving…
-
The Past One Hundred Years Of Beekeeping
Are We Any Better Off? Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: James E. Tew Why 100 years?In recent years, I have entered a “reflective” period in my relationship with my bees. In my fifty-plus years of being involved…