Book Reviews
Kim Flottum Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping, Third Edition. Dewey M. Caron and Lawrence John Connor. Published by Wicwas Press LLC, Kalamazoo, MI 49001….
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Books for Spring
The Hopkins Method for Raising Queens in your Small Apiary. By Joe Conti. Published by Northern Bee Books. ISBN 978-1-914934-25-4. 38 pgs. 9.5” x…
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Kim Flottum Bizzy’s Wings, by Aris Roberts and Soren Roberts. Illustrated by Marina Garifullina. ISBN 9798985314717. 34 pgs, 10” x 7”, color throughout, soft…
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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.,…
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Winter Reading Gifts For The Beekeeper –
Silent Earth. Averting The Insect Apocalypse. By Dave Goulson. Published by Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-308820-7. 328 pgs., hard cover. $28.99. If you had to…
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New Books For That Fall Reading –
Honey Tasting Journal. Produced by the American Honey Tasting Society. $20.00. Soft cover, color covers, black and white inside. The American Honey Tasting Society…
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New Reading For Fall –
A Natural History Of Insects in 100 Limericks. Richard A. Jones (Author) and Calvin Ure-Jones (Illustrator). Published by Pelagic Publishing (www.pelagicpublishuing.com), UK. 5” x…
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Late Summer Early Autumn Tasks to Consider
By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years To be sure that information is…
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By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Bees are collected, either by shaking…
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Getting Started. What You Need and Need to Know.
By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years This is a crash course in…
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Selling Honey. Land Use. Local. By: Kim Flottum I have several interests in life that aren’t directly involved with bees, beekeeping and beekeepers, but most of…
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Installing Packages
By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Summer 2017 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Bees are collected, either by shaking…
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By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Winter 2016 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years The Care and Feeding Of Honey…
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By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Spring 2016 Premiere Issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Keeping honey bees is little…
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Safely Defining Honey. By: Kim Flottum Back in January we reported in the BUZZ that the ERS has sent a Report to the Commissioner…
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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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Old Guys. Honey Report. Invasives. By: Kim Flottum There are few things I enjoy more than attending a beekeeper’s meeting. It’s a place where…
Read MoreAll About Almonds…
I’ve mentioned that almonds are one of California’s biggest crops. Just so you know, here’s some more info that supports the fact that the…
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Almond Tuesday 1 Met with pollination broker Joe Traynor and USDA bee researcher Frank Eishen and others breakfast at 6:30 the first day in…
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November…Early this month in Florida it was 80 degrees, sunny and honey bees were gathering pollen in the wild parts, and honey in the…
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