Tag: September 2026
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Venting Hive or Condensation Hive:
Does it make a difference in overwintering success? Xianzhong Wang Overwintering honey bee colonies is a challenge wherever bees are kept, particularly in northern climates. Colonies can perish in Winter for a myriad of reasons, including condensed water dribbling down on the Winter cluster. As a result, many beekeepers use an upper entrance to vent…
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Honey Recipe
Perfect Fruit Salad Dressing By: Barbara Bloetscher The perfect complement for a fresh bowl of fruit, no matter what may be in season! It is a favorite for potlucks or a family treat. Ingredients□ 1½ Cups of fresh honey□ 1 Tbsp freshly grated ginger□ 1 Lemon – juiced DirectionsStep 1Warm honey enough so that it…
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A Buzzing Success:
Local COLOSS North American 2026 Fosters Collaboration Across The International Beekeeping Community Priyadarshini Chakrabarti Basu1 and Alessandra Giacomelli21Washington State University2UNAAPI-Italian National Union Beekeeper Association The first-ever Local COLOSS North America Conference, Nutrition, Landscape Change and Honey Bee Health: A Transatlantic Dialogue, brought together researchers, beekeepers, veterinarians, extension personnel, apiary inspectors, queen breeders, and industry leaders…
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Bee Vet
Collaborations Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Dr. Tracy Farone AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies are a major topic of conversation these days. “Are you an AI optimist or pessimist?” is a question now commonly posed. Like most technologies,…
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A War Of Endurance
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Stephen Biship Secretly, I have always envied people who have 26.2 bumper stickers on the back of their vehicles. I assume they have actually suffered the grueling process that is training for…
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Off the Wahl Beekeeping
The Importance of Good Notes Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Richard Wahl Beekeepers come in all shapes and sizes, but most seem to fit into one of two categories. The dedicated beekeeper who reads, studies, and continually…
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The Anatomy of a Robbing Event
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: David Burns Honey bees are nature’s model insect. They pollinate our trees and plants, make us delicious honey and work in harmony as a single organism. Honey bees, flowers and butterflies fall…
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Tropilaelaps Redux
Part 2 Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Ross Conrad Last month we looked at some of the recent research focused on the ability of the mite Tropilaelaps mercedesae to survive a migration from its current distribution, mostly…