Bee Culture

CATCH THE BUZZ – Rachel Carson had it right the first time. These pesticides kill both the birds and the bees. It’s Silent Spring, Again

Bird populations in the United States and Canada have plunged 29% – almost three billion birds – since 1970, signaling a major ecological crisis….

Catch The Buzz, Life, Politics

CATCH THE BUZZ – Trump’s EPA Said this Bee-Killing Insecticide is Safe, Now Beekeepers are Suing.

Today, beekeepers, represented by Earthjustice, sued Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for allowing sulfoxaflor, a bee-killing pesticide linked to a nation-wide honeybee die-off, back on…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, History, Management

CATCH THE BUZZ – A Scottish Beekeeper in a Nazi Concentration Camp, and, Honey Bees Delivering Pesticides to Protect Plants.

Company Sergeant Major James Hamilton Savage persuaded the Nazi guards in Stalag 383 to allow him to set up beehives behind the barbed wire…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, Life, Management, Politics

CATCH THE BUZZ – USDA Solicits Nominations for Veterinary Shortage Areas , and, The Governments of Canada and Ontario Funding The Health of The Province’s Honey Bees and Beekeeping Sector.

John Maday A series of studies and reports have drawn attention to maldistributions in the veterinary workforce leaving some communities, especially rural areas, with insufficient…

Catch The Buzz, Health, Research, Science

CATCH THE BUZZ – California State Beekeepers Fund Research, and, NECTAR Gets Funding for Development of In-Hive Sensors.

NECTAR, a startup offering a management platform for commercial beekeepers and crop growers, has raised a $1.1 million CAD seed round. 2020 Priorities For…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, Management

CATCH THE BUZZ – Manitoba Sees a Short Crop This Year, and Pollen Abundance and Diversity in Major Crops.

By: Geralyn Wichers Beekeepers have seen their honey supply dry up sooner than usual this year. Ian Steppler, vice-chair of the Manitoba Beekeepers Association,…

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CATCH THE BUZZ – BEETALK – September 16, 2019

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Don’t Delay – Register TODAY!!! https://store.beeculture.com/events/

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Climate Change Cachets

The Conservation International organization says climate change is causing habitat loss as bees fail to migrate to cooler areas and establish new hives. A…

Biology, Catch The Buzz, Life, Politics, Science

CATCH THE BUZZ – Paleontologists Discover Very Early Nectar Collectors, and, Farmers to Collect Largest Federal Payments in 14 Years.

AKSON Russian Science Communication Association Buratina truncata, the new long-proboscid species of Paradoxosisyrinae from Burmese amber, and, MFP map Credit: Alexander Khramov A team…

Biology, Catch The Buzz, Science

CATCH THE BUZZ – How Bees Live with Bacteria, and Bees Finding Food

University of Würzburg IMAGE: A solitary bee leaves an artificial nest. The individual breeding chambers are separated and each contains only one larva. This prevents…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, Health, Plants, Science

CATCH THE BUZZ – Three Today Planted Acres in US Down, Farm Bankruptcies in US Up, and Ohio Butterflies Declining. Is There a Connection?

USDA reports show historic unplanted acres The USDA released reports Aug. 12 confirming the historically-dire planting situation and correcting previous acreage estimates. From Farm…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, Education

CATCH THE BUZZ – THE AMERICAN HONEY TASTING SOCIETY (AHTS)IS GRANTED ACCREDITATION by The Italian National Register of the Experts in the Sensory Analysis of Honey.

WESTON, CONNECTICUT, July 2019 — The American Honey Tasting Society (AHTS) has been granted accreditation by the Central Office of The Italian National Register…

SEPT 2019

Are You Listening?

By: Apis Mellifera Introduction The history of beekeeping is filled with observations that have led to many efficiencies in the human manipulation of honey bee colonies. The…

SEPT 2019

DOWNTOWN

By: Toni Burnham Bee Sting Allergy Basics And Allergy Understanding For Beekeepers It probably happens every time you talk to a group of people…

SEPT 2019

The Story of A.I. Root – The Warehouse Fire!

By: A.I. Root At the national convention in Cincinnati in 1882 I had announced that I would take a foundation mill with me and…

SEPT 2019

Inner Cover

By: Kim Flottum “America’s farmland is disappearing at a rate of three acres every minute.” American Farmland Trust. AFT surveys land use with…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, Management

CATCH THE BUZZ – 2019 North American Mite-A-Thon DATE EXTENSION

Mite-A-Thon is a tri-national effort to collect mite infestation data and to visualize Varroa infestations in honey bee colonies across North America within a…

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Climate Change Cachets

Pollinators are under threat from climate change. A report on The Conversation website says this is because their pollination activity is connected to smell….

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, Marketing

CATCH THE BUZZ – Researchers Come Up With New Way of Producing Dried Honey

Joanna Jasińska The new dried honey contains 80 percent natural honey, 30 percent more than current alternatives. Scientists from the Warsaw University of Life…

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National Honey Month with The Honey Board

NATIONAL HONEY BOARD CELEBRATES HONEY MONTH WITH FREE HONEY LOCATOR LISTING Longmont, Colorado, September 4, 2019 – The National Honey Board (NHB) is pleased…

CATCH THE BUZZ – Rachel Carson had it right the first time. These pesticides kill both the birds and the bees. It’s Silent Spring, Again

CATCH THE BUZZ – Trump’s EPA Said this Bee-Killing Insecticide is Safe, Now Beekeepers are Suing.

CATCH THE BUZZ – A Scottish Beekeeper in a Nazi Concentration Camp, and, Honey Bees Delivering Pesticides to Protect Plants.

CATCH THE BUZZ – USDA Solicits Nominations for Veterinary Shortage Areas , and, The Governments of Canada and Ontario Funding The Health of The Province’s Honey Bees and Beekeeping Sector.

CATCH THE BUZZ – California State Beekeepers Fund Research, and, NECTAR Gets Funding for Development of In-Hive Sensors.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Manitoba Sees a Short Crop This Year, and Pollen Abundance and Diversity in Major Crops.

CATCH THE BUZZ – BEETALK – September 16, 2019

Climate Change Cachets

CATCH THE BUZZ – Paleontologists Discover Very Early Nectar Collectors, and, Farmers to Collect Largest Federal Payments in 14 Years.

CATCH THE BUZZ – How Bees Live with Bacteria, and Bees Finding Food

CATCH THE BUZZ – Three Today Planted Acres in US Down, Farm Bankruptcies in US Up, and Ohio Butterflies Declining. Is There a Connection?

CATCH THE BUZZ – THE AMERICAN HONEY TASTING SOCIETY (AHTS)IS GRANTED ACCREDITATION by The Italian National Register of the Experts in the Sensory Analysis of Honey.

Are You Listening?

DOWNTOWN

The Story of A.I. Root – The Warehouse Fire!

Inner Cover

CATCH THE BUZZ – 2019 North American Mite-A-Thon DATE EXTENSION

Climate Change Cachets

CATCH THE BUZZ – Researchers Come Up With New Way of Producing Dried Honey

National Honey Month with The Honey Board

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