Spread The Word
Ann Harman The East Cupcake Beekeepers Association has decided to embark on some events. The membership has grown in recent years from the classes…
Read More2016
Bigger Picture
Jessica Louque Pollen Frenzy Each year, we seem to have a honey bee field study that has a pollen collection aspect. This is my…
Read More
DOWNTOWN
Changing Fortunes For The Urban Beekeeper? Toni Burnham It may not have been breaking news for the average city dweller, but for urban beekeepers,…
Read More
Beeyard Thoughts
A comfortable apiary for both bees and beekeepers. Bait hives in the apiary. Odds and Ends – What’s with bees and coffee? A hive stand…
Read More
APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS
by Ross Conrad And We All Know What May Flowers Bring . . . Pilgrims? No – A Honey Flow. First let me…
Read More
A Closer Look: SUPERBOOST®
by Clarence Collison Synthetic Brood Pheromone. Honey bee brood pheromone is a blend of 10 simple fatty-acid esters that are extractable from the larval…
Read More
USING OXALIC ACID
Tony Jadczak The toxicity of oxalic acid (OA) to Varroa has been known for nearly three decades based on experiments conducted in Asia and…
Read More
Ask Phil
Phil Craft Got A Question? Ask Phil He Knows! Send your questions to Phil at phil@philcrafthivecraft.com www.philcrafthivecraft.com A beekeeper in Missouri writes: I am…
Read More
West Virginia Veterans & Warriors
Jack Blackford Walking out to what was about to become a new apiary, I spotted a mixed bunch of folks listening to one of…
Read More
Seed and Oilseed Crops As Bee Plants
by Connie Krochmal A number of seed and oilseed crops happen to be good sources of forage for bees. This group includes safflower, sesame…
Read More
Best Hive Tool?
by Jim Thompson I hear that question a lot and I didn’t give it much thought until I started building a display of hive…
Read More10 Ways To Fail And How Not To
The Pollinator Stewardship Council Bee Clubs Are Broken By Ignoring The Value Of The By Laws by Michele Colopy Organizations can be revitalized, and…
Read More
Notes On The American Bee Research Conference
by Malcolm Sanford In 1986 the first American Bee Research Conference (ABRC) met at the Baton Rouge Bee Laboratory. It was organized by two…
Read More
Vive La Honey Bee!
by M.E.A. McNeil A boy drew close to a pollen-flecked bee on a flower, watching intently. He is still watching bees, decades later as…
Read More
New Products
Easy to use and convenient to carry, Stops the Sting™ is an innovative skin soothing ointment designed to stop pain, itching, and swelling from…
Read More
Ask Phil
Got A Question? He Knows! by Phil Craft A beekeeper in Kentucky writes: I am going to get started as a beekeeper this spring….
Read More
Breeding Mite-Biting Bees To Control Varroa
by Greg Hunt, J Krispn Given, Jennifer M. Tsuruda, Gladys K. Andino Introduction. Despite the general recognition among beekeepers and bee researchers that Varroa…
Read More
Swarms
What are they and what can beekeepers do about them? by Jennifer Berry Ahhh. Spring is finally here. No longer are we dealing with…
Read More
Wax Rendering
A Little Look Into An Aspect Of The U.S. Industry That Doesn’t Get Much Attention by Ross Conrad Beeswax: This unique hive product is…
Read More
Downtown
What About The Zika Virus And Plans For Mosquito Spraying by Toni Burnham I have to credit one of our most impressive new(-ish)bees, Ted…
Read More