ABF Conference from Jerry Hayes
American Beekeeping Federation Activity After months and months of limited travel and Zoom meetings I had a chance to attend the American Beekeeping Federation…
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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…
Read MoreA Practical Bioassay to Assess Varroa destructor Resistance to Acaricides in Ontario
Nuria Morfin*1,2, & Paul Kozak2 & Collette Mesher3 & Paul Innes2 & Jim Coneybeare4 & Kelsey Duscharm3 & Ernesto Guzman-Novoa1 1University of Guelph, Honey…
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Adding Bees to Your Hive Richard Wahl Pre-Bee Arrival Preparations Whether it’s a purchased package, a swarm catch or a split, adding the bees…
Read MoreBuild A Modified Dadant Hive Body
Part 4- Build A Wide Queen Excluder Ed Simon Whenever you build a piece of bee equipment that doesn’t match the standard Langstroth dimensions,…
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Become A Better Beekeeper Rachel Kuipers & Jeri Parrent & Nathalie Steinhauer Bee Informed Partnership Here at Bee Informed Partnership, we are excited to…
Read MoreTeaching Young Beekeepers
Ettamarie Peterson Many years ago, my son and his wife asked me if I would take on the job of being the Beekeeping Project…
Read MoreA Case for Embracing Smaller Population Beehives Part 3
I’m Listening to What You Tell Me James E. Tew You are older today than you were yesterday Yes, you are one day older…
Read MoreSelf-Pollinating Almonds
Joe Traynor There has been some confusion between the terms self-fruitful and self-pollinating almond varieties. Self-fruitful varieties will set an almond with their own…
Read MoreBees – They Make More than Honey and it Can Help Us
Abdullah Asad Iqbal We all know honey is good for us but what about royal jelly which truly is the food of royalty as…
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University of Georgia Beekeeping Institute Reaches 30-year Milepost Keith Delaplane Professor and Director, UGA Honey Bee Program Thirty years ago I was a young…
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David MacFawn Landi Simone was born in Germany, the only child of an American diplomat and his Mexican-born wife. Her early years were imbued…
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Long-Term Investments Jessica Lawrence Beekeeping is one of those hobbies (or jobs) where planning for the future is a necessity, or you have wasted…
Read MoreA COLOSS-al Achievement
Mark Winston Let’s start by giving praise where praise is due: the three volumes of BEEBOOK: Standard Methods for Apis mellifera Research, published by…
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A Beginner’s Thoughts and Winter Challenges Richard Wahl Getting Started: Although I still consider myself a beginner, I am entering my thirteenth year of…
Read MoreSedum for Pollinators
Alyssum Flowers Sedum, also called stonecrop or ice plant is in a large family (Family Crassulaceae) of succulents that mostly grow in sunny, dry…
Read MoreFeeding Pollen Patties
Without Fear of Raising Small Hive Beetles Eric Talley Keeping honey bees alive in today’s environment becomes more challenging each year due to pests,…
Read MoreThe Long Day
Peter Sieling “Sorry, I don’t want any adventures today. Thank you!” —Bilbo Baggins “Yesterday, when it was tomorrow, it was too exciting a day…
Read MoreThe Varroa Mite Conundrum
Consistent Success or Consistent Failure Devon Paderewski Most beekeepers would agree that varroa mites are the biggest challenge facing modern apiculture at this point….
Read MoreBeekeeping is in Transition
Part 1: It Has Always Been James E. Tew English is my only language. I have always envied those of you who are multi-linguistic…
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