Bee Vet
An Interview with Dr. Britteny Kyle, DVM, MS Dr. Tracy Farone For BC’s interview issue, I sat down (over ZOOM) with Dr. Britteny Kyle,…
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A Case for Embracing Smaller Population Beehives
Beekeeping Techniques for the Faint-Hearted Beekeeper James E. Tew My bees are ageless. I am not. As have you, I have been through many…
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Apiary Inspection Maryland
Cybil Preston We have one full time Apiary Inspector, four contractual part time seasonal human bee inspectors, two seasonal K-9 Foulbrood detectors and two…
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An Interview with James T. Key
Ross Conrad While there are African American beekeepers in the United States, generally speaking with a few notable exceptions (such as the city of…
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An Interview with Oregon’s Dr. Ramesh Sagili Dewey Caron Oregon State University’s (OSU) bee position dates back to 1919. Herman Scullen was hired so…
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Suggestion for Holiday Season Reading
A History of Keeping and Managing Doubled and Two-Queen Hives, by Alan Wade. Published by Northern Bee Books, UK, 6.5” x 9.5”, 169 pgs.,…
Read MoreAn Interview with Dr. Humberto Boncristiano
InsideTheHiveTV, the Show about Bees Malcolm Sanford Growing up in a beekeeping family, with a father as a commercial beekeeper near Sao Paulo, Brazil,…
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American Foulbrood
A Hobbyist’s Epxerience Charlotte Hubbard & Robert Candido Opening a hive and deeply breathing in the scent, seeing those shiny, curious faces staring back,…
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Berries & Honey Breakfast Granola Shana Archibald 3 cups of rolled oats 2/3 c of honey 2 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp baking powder 1/2…
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The Beekeeping Journey of a Biologist –
An Interview with Slava Strogolov Biologist at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Earl Hoffman Question: Please share your background. Why did you choose to…
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A Legal Remedy for MisbrandeD and Adulterated honey
John A Fraser III1 The June 2021 Bee Culture included an article by Pamela Parker quoting a number of beekeepers and honey producers and…
Read MoreAn Interview with Hector Alvarez
California Beekeeper From Mexico Ettamarie Peterson I first met Hector Alvarez at the Sonoma County Beekeepers’ Club (now an association) meetings twenty-eight years ago….
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Beekeeping Youtubers You Might Like
Stephen Bishop It used to be if you wanted to get into hobby beekeeping, first you planted a little garden, then you got chickens,…
Read MoreWhy Didn’t You Listen To Your Mentor Part 1
Ed Simon The three parts of this collection are subsets of the 263 hints, definitions and informational tidbits gathered in over twenty years of…
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Bottom Board
Tom Theobald Ed Colby The person who inspired me to start writing about bees 20 years ago was legendary Boulder, Colorado beekeeper Tom Theobald….
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Found in Translation
Smells Promising Jay Evans It is pretty obvious that Varroa mites love honey bees. This love is realized by the mites’ sense of touch…
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An Interview with Benjamin Vasquez Jessica Lawrence For the interview edition, I wanted to put a highlight on beginner beekeepers. They face obstacles now…
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It’s Summers Time –
Kathy Summers Fall, Poultry and Happy Thanksgiving – So far here in Northeast Ohio Fall has not been very dramatic. We’re still having warm…
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A Closer Look
Queen Health The reproductive quality and health of a queen are essential to ensure colony growth. Clarence Collison Managed honey bee colonies face multiple…
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Patricia Harness I have some great queens, three sets of sisters. Is it overly optimistic to expect their daughters to be great? What makes…
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