Reporting Colonies Injured or Killed by Agricultural Pesticides
Beekeepers and others involved with dealing with colonies injured or killed by agricultural pesticides are encouraged to notify the proper authorities so that the…
Read MoreBeekeepers and others involved with dealing with colonies injured or killed by agricultural pesticides are encouraged to notify the proper authorities so that the…
Read MoreSaturday, May 11, the good folks at Case Western University’s Squire Valeeview Farm, including Chris Bond, Horticulturist, Anna Locci, Farm Manager, and the…
Read MoreIt’s no secret. A million, maybe more colonies that were alive last Thanksgiving aren’t alive today, the beginning of May. What happened? Lots…
Read MoreAUBURN UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY & PLANT PATHOLOGY BRITISH COLUMBIA-SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES CLEMSON UNIVERSITY-SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PLANTS &…
Read MoreUSDA Sites Beltsville Bee Lab — Bee Research Laboratory Home Page Baton Rouge Bee Lab — Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Research Unit…
Read MoreAlabama Department of Agriculture Alaska Department of Agriculture Arizona Department of Agriculture Arkansas Department of Agriculture California Department of Agriculture Colorado Department of…
Read MoreThe Holding Yard Dilemma It’s no secret that holding yards are what make almond pollination possible. Holding yards? Unless a beekeeper is very, very…
Read MoreI’ve mentioned that almonds are one of California’s biggest crops. Just so you know, here’s some more info that supports the fact that the…
Read MoreAlmond Tuesday 1 Met with pollination broker Joe Traynor and USDA bee researcher Frank Eishen and others breakfast at 6:30 the first day in…
Read MoreAn Almond Odyssey Are you familiar with the term Odyssey? Think back…didn’t it have something to do with some Greek guy, a long time…
Read MoreI’ve been having the most remarkable conversations with very good honey tasters. I’ve been lucky with finding honey tasters lately. It started with Marina…
Read MoreNovember…Early this month in Florida it was 80 degrees, sunny and honey bees were gathering pollen in the wild parts, and honey in the…
Read MoreI just attended the 99th Annual meeting of the Iowa Honey Producer’s Association. They meet in Marshaltown every year at a motel large enough…
Read MoreI went to Georgia last week. That’s why I’ve been gone from here so long…I was having way, way too much fun. Actually, I…
Read MoreHave you noticed the goldenrod bloom this season? With the exception of the extremely dry areas of the south, there seems to be much,…
Read MoreThis isn’t too far outside the box. It’s from notes I made while in southern Missouri a couple of weeks ago, helping Michael put…
Read MoreHere’s an outside-the-box idea someone thought of, that we’ll have a lot more on once it gets reported on at Apimondia, I’m told. A…
Read MoreRoyalty Hive, A Rotable Colony Beekeeping requires routine inspections and management techniques to maintain hive health, and part of that process includes removing honey…
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