Ibiza, Spain
Beehives Made of Stones and Logs Friederike Diestel When wandering around in nature on Ibiza, if you are lucky, you will discover massive, partly…
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Comparison Of Treatment-Free Cultural Controls With Formic Acid Varroa Mite (Varroa destructor) Treatments In Managed Apis mellifera Colonies
Ross Conrad ABSTRACT The parasitic mite, Varroa destructor is the most widespread pest of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera. This mite reproduces in…
Read MoreTeaching Old Colonial Williamsburg’s Wild Honey Bees New Tricks
Joel Voron Wild honey bees are usually not a problem here at Colonial Williamsburg. However, one voicemail was about to change that. In June…
Read MoreLooking For A Different Perspective
Dr. Tracy Farone Looking for different perspectives… As I write this at the end of June and the dawn of July, it is berry…
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Lots Happening In Medina It’s been busy here in Medina so far this Summer – at home, at work and just in general. First…
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Good Help Can Be Found Dr. Tracy Farone On a rare day off in mid-May, I went fishing with my family, ironically at Slippery…
Read MoreBee Driven Mid-Life Crisis, Part 4 A Shout Out To My Friends
James Masucci When I made my decision to focus on bees, I had several concerns. How big do I want my business to be?…
Read MoreUnreal Drones in the Apiary
Dewey Caron Have you ever flown a drone? Not the live drones you find in your bee colony or tethered drones you might fly…
Read MoreApiary Inspection Ohio
Booke Decker Barbara Bloetscher, Ohio – Ohio Department of Agriculture is a State Entomologist/Apiarist who oversees the Apiary Inspection Program. Ohio is unique compared to…
Read MoreFound in Translation
Social Thoughts Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Honey bees, like other social insects, think both for themselves and for their colonies. All animals…
Read MoreWorking To Protect Honey Bees From Varroa
Katie Harrington You can tell the health of a beehive from its buzz. Just ask Barry Hart, who bought his first bees in 1987….
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By: Jim Thompson There are several ways that beekeepers install packages of bees into their hives. Some hives will have an entrance ramp and…
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