Tag: February 2025
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Honey Recipe
Bittersweet Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cupcakes This recipe is from the National Honey Board https://honey.com/recipe/bittersweet-chocolate-raspberry-truffle-cupcakes Bake: at 350°F Time: 18-22 minutes Yield: 8 servings Ingredients □ 8 oz. 60 % cocoa bittersweet chocolate, divided □ 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour □ ½ tsp. baking soda □ ½ tsp. baking powder □ ½ tsp. salt □ ½…
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Learning From Neil Specht, Successful Canadian Beekeeper
By: Neil Specht & Jerry Hayes (Click on images to enlarge) I have known successful commercial Canadian Beekeeper Neil Specht, since we were both young and good looking. Neil has always impressed me with his openness to learn, discuss and disagree nicely in order to get to a logical and meaningful answer. I was honored…
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Bobbing For Piranha
By: John Miller In recent editions, I’ve been vocal – alarmed – distressed by the Tropigeddon calamity. I’ve tub-thumped the subject, loud and long. I hope I’m wrong; very wrong. The top-line in early December was the annual colony loss report – for the first time, colony mortality in America exceeded 50% annually. 50% of…
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Beekeeper Stories
George Washington Carver:How George Washington Carver Influenced the World By: Barbara Bloetscher George Washington Carver was an inventor, researcher and social engineer. He received tremendous accolades from the likes of Theodore Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Franklin Roosevelt, Thomas Edison and many more. But George’s life didn’t start out in the 1860’s like that. George’s life was…
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Bees Know Social Distancing
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Increase Hive Spacing to Reduce Varroa and Viruses By: Theresa J. Martin (Click on images to enlarge) Beekeepers are well-aware that the parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, is “… the greatest biotic threat to…
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What Vets Do For Fun in the Winter
Click the link below to watch the Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BVtZ-WnSVPR3jDm3fjkFl65d3G00FoAT/view?usp=sharing Click Here if you watched/listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! By: Tracy Farone As you read this it’s somewhere in the doldrums of Winter, February. A time when you have started missing your busy bee yard work,…
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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! New(ish) Beekeeper Column Second Year Beekeeping Adjustments By: Richard Wahl Changes from First Year Basics There is much guidance that can be found about getting started with beekeeping in both written and video…
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Behind the Scenes -Gathering and Processing Honey
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along beow! That Pretty Jar on the Shelf is DeceivingBy: James E. Tew (click on photos to enlarge) There is no “Light Honey” An irrefutable characteristic of honey is that it is heavy – nearly…