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…
Read MoreBy: Joe Traynor Ask a beekeeper – commercial, sideliner or hobbyist – why he/she keeps bees and the answer could be any or all…
Read MoreDo Some of These This Year By: Ann Harman It’s January! A New Year! Hang up your brand new Bee Culture 2015 bee calendar!…
Read MoreTHE BEEKEEPER’S VOICE This voice cannot be left to someone else. By: Michele Colopy The knowledge of 40, 50, and 60 years of beekeeping…
Read MoreBees are struggling and there are many ways to help By: Ross Conrad Ever since the first public announcements of colony collapse disorder (CCD)…
Read MoreBy: Jennifer Berry Over the years, I’ve received numerous inquiries about the “behind the scenes” functioning of the UGA bee lab. In spite of…
Read MoreHang on – this is not just another how to water-your-colony article. By: James Tew Bees need water – I get it. What else…
Read MoreNorth American Pollinator Protection Campaign By: Toni Burnham All over North America, and probably the world, beekeepers like you are having wonderful ideas and…
Read MoreItaly and Small Hive Beetles By: Andrea Quigley Italian beekeepers are in despair with the discovery that small hive beetle (‘SHB’, Aethina tumida) has…
Read MoreHaving Good People is Key to a Good Meeting! By: Larry Connor Between speaking invitations and serving as a vendor selling Wicwas Press books,…
Read MoreBy: Connie Krochmal The various rapeseeds are also known as rape. They have been in cultivation since 2000 B.C. or so in Asia. Grown…
Read MoreUsing Remote Hive Monitoring Data By: Huw Evans The Benefits of Electronic Data Collection When compared with manual collection, electronic hive monitoring offers scientists…
Read MoreSo you want to be a honey sommelier? By: Marina Marchese Raffaele lifted the glass of honey to capture the sunlight that illuminated the…
Read MoreNew 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…
Read MoreNew Year’s Resolutions, 1 By: Jessica Louque For most people, January instills the need to make resolutions of some sort that are supposed to…
Read MoreBy: Peter Sieling Dick’s widow, Alice, called me on the first of September about a bee swarm. She probably thought of me because I…
Read MoreOld 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…
Read MoreSalivary Glands By: Clarence Collison Salivary glands are involved in digestion, cleaning, softening foods, metabolism, growth, labor transition, brood pheromone and hormone regulation, saliva…
Read MoreAn Amish Snowboarder By: Ed Colby My gal Marilyn is such a schemer. I told her, “The Medina County beekeepers want to fly me…
Read MoreBy: Frank Linton In Winter, bees generate warmth by ‘burning’ the honey they have stored, i.e., by digesting it and using the resulting energy…
Read MoreBy: 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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