Spring Feeding
By: Ross Conrad This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years The end of Winter and early…
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Meet Maryann and Jim Frazier
By Ross Conrad Annual Interview Section The names Jim and Maryann Frazier are very familiar in beekeeping circles. The scientific duo has been in…
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Harvesting Honey & Old Comb
By: Ross Conrad This article appeared in the Autumn 2018 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years When is the best time to harvest…
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Nectar Flow: Be Ready!
By: Ross Conrad This article originally appeared in the Summer 2018 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years And We All Know What May…
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Honey Harvest: Early or Later
By: Ross Conrad This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2017 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years When is the right time for…
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More on Spring
By: Ross Conrad This article originally appeared in the Summer 2017 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years If you’re using nucs, you have…
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Let’s Make Candles
By: Ross Conrad This article originally appeared in the Spring 2017 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Candle Making When thinking of products…
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Honey Bee Packages
By: Ross Conrad This article originally appeared in the Spring 2017 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Honey Bee Packages The majority of…
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Writing Beekeeping History
By: Bill Mares & Ross Conrad How Vermont Is Making It Work The Story of One State’s Beekeeping History – How some Vermont beekeepers are…
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Bee Pollen- An Overview
By: Ross Conrad Bee Pollen: Implications for Human Health Last month we looked at bee pollen: what it is; how it is collected by…
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Sam Comfort
By: Ross Conrad Sam Comfort of Anarchy Apiaries is on a mission – two missions to be precise: Make more hives than televisions, and…
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Processing Propolis Part II
By: Ross Conrad In last month’s Bee Culture article we looked at the origins of propolis; how it is produced and used by honey…
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Beeswax
By: Ross Conrad This article originally appeared in the Winter 2016 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years A colony of honey bees tends…
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Processing Propolis: Part 1
by: Ross Conrad The crisp cool Autumn weather arrives at a time when the color of the leaves change, mice build nests in well-protected…
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The Successful Beekeeper
By: Ross Conrad As we head into Autumn and reflect on the past beekeeping season, what criteria do we use to call it a…
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Colony Robbers: When Good Bees Go Bad
By: Ross Conrad This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2016 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Honey bee workers normally forage for…
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Timing The Honey Harvet
By: Ross Conrad When is the best time to harvest honey from the hive? . . . It’s a question that crosses the mind…
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Beekeeping On A Budget
By: Ross Conrad In order to keep bees, you are not required to own or rent land. Often, landowners are happy to let you…
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Deeps, Mediums, Shallows
By: Ross Conrad This article originally appeared in the Summer 2016 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Decisions, Decisions, Decisions In the old…
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Climate Change
A bee problem we can potentially solve – Part 2 by Ross Conrad Last month in part one of this three part series on…
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