Tag: December 2025
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Honey Recipe
Italian Struffoli – Honey CookiesGrandma Jackie Struffoli or “Honey Cookies” are a traditional Italian dessert, especially eaten during the Christmas and New Year’s season. The name refers to the rounded shape of the dessert. Ingredients Dough □ 1 ¼ C Sugar □ ¼ tsp. Baking Powder □ ¼ tsp. Salt □ ¼ Stick of Butter…
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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! An Interview – Dr. Joerg MayerCurrent President of the HBVC By: Tracy Farone This month I had the opportunity to switch things up, play the role of reporter, and interview a colleague of mine, who has…
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Off the Wahl Beekeeping
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Winter, When Things Slow Down New(ish) Beekeeper ColumnBy: Richard Wahl Take a Step Back For the beginning or second year beekeeper, the amount of information and options to be decided can seem overwhelming.…
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Found in Translation
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! What’s in Your Bee Scene? By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Whether you consider your honey bees as an agricultural asset or something more like a pet, bees defy both of those…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below!Read along below! Declan Schroeder, Virologist By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel This month, we spoke with Declan Schroeder, Associate Professor of Virology in the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine. For over…
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Kirk Webster
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Kirk Webster: Author of Many Best Kept Secrets: A Wonderful and Unusual Life Around Honey Bees By: Ross Conrad On the occasion of the publication of his first book, I had the privilege…
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The Allied Forces
By: Stephen Bishop Sometimes it feels like we’ve just been plopped down on this Earth and are nothing more than insignificant bystanders in the cosmic battle between great horned owls and common striped skunks. Apparently, our farm is ground zero for this struggle between the species. I suppose one reason we have so many skunks…