A Moving Experience
Stuart Rowan I recently saw a bumper sticker that read, “Yes I have a pickup truck, no, I won’t help you move!” Nothing seems…
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Queen Excluder, or Honey Excluder…
Tina Sebestyen It can be frustrating to try to figure out when and how to use a queen excluder. Sometimes, the queen excluder seems…
Read MoreThe Value of the Beekeeping Industry to Agriculture
Originally printed in BioAg World Digest. From the Editor, Jerry Hayes This is 2022 and at the end of the day it’s all about…
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Hive Inspections Richard Wahl As a new beekeeper that first time hive inspection can seem like an intimidating task. After all, looking in on…
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A Reunion Worth Waiting For
Mattie Joiner The American Honey Producers Association 53rd Annual Conference and Trade Show took place December 1-4, 2021, and was a happy reunion amongst…
Read MoreBeekeeping and Life – Looking Forward and Looking Backward
James E. Tew Just recently and long ago Last week, Grandma and I were essentially old wall ornaments at our youngest grandson’s seventh birthday…
Read MoreThe Importance of Early Diagnostics in the Treatment of Honey Bee Viruses
Roger A. Moore, Ph.D. & Dave Wick, CEO BVS, Inc. Accurate and cost-effective rapid detection of viruses, including variant or engineered strains, requires novel…
Read MoreNWC Transition Part 2
Buzz’s Bees and Strachan Apiaries Certified New World Carniolan Producer Partners Sue Cobey The New World Carniolan is one of the longest running and…
Read MoreThe global COLOSS network – Do it like the bees – Do it as a team!
Anna M. Gajda1, Gina Retschnig2, Maria Bouga1, Robert Brodschneider1, Norman L. Carreck1, Panuwan Chantawannakul1, Raffaele Dall’Olio1, Vincent Dietemann1, Ales Gregorc1, Lotta Fabricius Kristiansen1, Daniela…
Read MoreBeekeeping and the Organizations that Support Us
Debbie Seib Attend a beginning beekeeping class and one of the first things you’re told is find a mentor and join a local bee…
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Bee Vet
Another Arachnid Dr. Tracy Farone ‘Tis the season Spring is an exciting time of renewal for nature and beekeepers. Everything is coming to life…
Read MoreAvoiding Tree – Bee Calamities
On Thursday, February 17 at 9 pm a large section of my giant American elm tree split and fell, crushing my neighbor’s trees, while…
Read MoreHoney Bee Health Coalition
Building Bridges Steve Werblow The Bee Integrated Demonstration Project taught beekeepers, farmers and the program’s proponents in the Honey Bee Health Coalition a number…
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Increasing Your Hive Count Richard Wahl Once you have caught the bug (pun intended) of bee management there is the urge to increase your…
Read MoreBook Review
By: Mark Winston Wild Honey Bees Review of Wild Honey Bees: An Intimate Portrait by Ingo Arndt and Jurgen Tautz, 2022, Princeton University Press…
Read MoreThe New World Carniolan Closed Program Celebrates It’s 40th Generation
Sue Cobey Carniolan Honey Bees Carniolan bees, highly favored by beekeepers worldwide, are known for their calm temperament, Winter hardiness, rapid Spring buildup and…
Read MoreBuild A Swarm Box
Starter Colony Ed Simon I’ve tried both a Cloake Board and the Horizontal Frame Support to raise queens. Now it’s time to try a…
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New(ish) Beekeeper Column Off the Wahl Beekeeping Adding Bees To Your Hive Richard Wahl A Bit about Varroa Mites According to the dictionary, the…
Read MoreOh, The Joys of Swarm Season
Ettamarie Peterson It’s just a few days past the Winter solstice and I am already getting geared up for swarm season. That is because…
Read MoreGreater Honey, Greater Cause
Jeff Kennedy I am a beekeeper, albeit unintentionally. My introduction to Apis mellifera is likely similar to that of others born before 1990. During…
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