Why We Keep Bees?
By: Joe Traynor Ask a beekeeper – commercial, sideliner or hobbyist – why he/she keeps bees and the answer could be any or all…
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2015 Resolutions II
Do Some of These This Year By: Ann Harman It’s January! A New Year! Hang up your brand new Bee Culture 2015 bee calendar!…
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THE BEEKEEPER’S VOICE This voice cannot be left to someone else. By: Michele Colopy The knowledge of 40, 50, and 60 years of beekeeping…
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Beepocalypse Inspired Activism
Bees are struggling and there are many ways to help By: Ross Conrad Ever since the first public announcements of colony collapse disorder (CCD)…
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Meet the UGA Bee Lab
By: Jennifer Berry Over the years, I’ve received numerous inquiries about the “behind the scenes” functioning of the UGA bee lab. In spite of…
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Well… Why Does a Colony Need Water During Cool Weather?
Hang on – this is not just another how to water-your-colony article. By: James Tew Bees need water – I get it. What else…
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NAPPC: The Collaboration Continues Long After The Conference Ends
North American Pollinator Protection Campaign By: Toni Burnham All over North America, and probably the world, beekeepers like you are having wonderful ideas and…
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Scorched Earth
Italy and Small Hive Beetles By: Andrea Quigley Italian beekeepers are in despair with the discovery that small hive beetle (‘SHB’, Aethina tumida) has…
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Making Meetings Successful
Having Good People is Key to a Good Meeting! By: Larry Connor Between speaking invitations and serving as a vendor selling Wicwas Press books,…
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Rapeseeds as Bee Plants
By: Connie Krochmal The various rapeseeds are also known as rape. They have been in cultivation since 2000 B.C. or so in Asia. Grown…
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arnia
Using Remote Hive Monitoring Data By: Huw Evans The Benefits of Electronic Data Collection When compared with manual collection, electronic hive monitoring offers scientists…
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Honey Tasting
So you want to be a honey sommelier? By: Marina Marchese Raffaele lifted the glass of honey to capture the sunlight that illuminated the…
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Elina Niño
New U.C. Davis Extension Apiarist By: M.E.A. McNeil The quest started years ago, when Eric Mussen began to contemplate retiring from his job as…
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Bigger Picture
New Year’s Resolutions, 1 By: Jessica Louque For most people, January instills the need to make resolutions of some sort that are supposed to…
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Unfinished Business
By: Peter Sieling Dick’s widow, Alice, called me on the first of September about a bee swarm. She probably thought of me because I…
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Inner Cover
Old Guys. Honey Report. Invasives. By: Kim Flottum There are few things I enjoy more than attending a beekeeper’s meeting. It’s a place where…
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An Amish Snowboarder By: Ed Colby My gal Marilyn is such a schemer. I told her, “The Medina County beekeepers want to fly me…
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Wait, How Much Water?
By: Frank Linton In Winter, bees generate warmth by ‘burning’ the honey they have stored, i.e., by digesting it and using the resulting energy…
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A Closer Look
Salivary Glands By: Clarence Collison Salivary glands are involved in digestion, cleaning, softening foods, metabolism, growth, labor transition, brood pheromone and hormone regulation, saliva…
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Hive Tracks
By: James Wilkes Hive Tracks is beekeeping software created by beekeepers for beekeepers with the goal of improving the quality and experience of beekeeping…
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