CATCH THE BUZZ – Canada Begins Its Own BeeInformed Tech Transfer Operation
Harry Sullivan – TC Media BIBLE HILL – A “unique” team of specialists based in Bible Hill are working to strengthen and grow the…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – High-fructose honey, NOT, and the diet of urban bees
Journal of Urban Ecology The Journal of Urban Ecology covers all aspects of urban environments. This includes the biology of the organisms that inhabit…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – No single protein determines queen development in honeybees
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg In the first few days after they hatch, honey bee larvae feed on royal jelly secreted by the hypopharyngeal glands of adult…
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The White House Pollinator Health Task Force Initiative
More Than Just Honey Bees By: Malcolm Sanford Ms. Rebecca Terrell of New American Magazine writes about the Pollinator Health Task Force in a recent post, stating: “One…
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Ohhh, My Aching Back!
A Make It Yourself Hive Loader By: Jerry Bromenshenk Large scale beekeepers often place hives on pallets and move them using forklifts and flatbed…
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Regional Honey Price Report
November Report 2016 Honey Production OK, here’s where we really go way out on a limb, but we’re pretty confident what we’re doing will…
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The Inner Cover
Kim Flottum Senior Editor I rediscovered something this year that I already knew but hadn’t applied it to keeping bees. Or rather, to feeding…
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West Coast Late Season Pollinator Plants
By: Travis Owen Autumn is here, the days are warm, the nights are cool, and bees and other pollinators are still active. For me…
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Winter Management
By: William Hesbach Evolution has provided honey bees with an extraordinary ability to thermoregulate and survive in a cold climate.1 During Winter, bees cluster…
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It’s Summer’s Time
Chickens, Phobia and Fall By: Kathy Summers Assistant Editor We lost one of our old girls a couple of weeks ago. She was one…
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Build The Original Langstroth Hive
By: Peter Sieling Langstroth’s 1852 patent moveable comb hive was the first practical hive that allowed the beekeeper to examine any comb in a hive…
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Frame Grippers
Ways To Stay Away From The Bees By: Jim Thompson Do you know there are people that keep bees and don’t want to get close…
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A Closer Look
Varroa Mite Phoretic Phase By: Clarence Collison The Varroa mite life cycle consists of two distinct phases: a phoretic phase during which the females…
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