Grant Money to Start Beekeeping
By: Jon Zawislak Government agencies, private entities and virtuous citizens have all been concerned for the plight and peril of pollinators for over a…
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Sylvatic
By: Dr. Tracy Farone In honor of pollinator month this June, I have decided to highlight the sylvatic side of bee medicine: Our wild bees….
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Pollinator Week
By: Matt Mulica By now we’re all familiar with the sobering statistics of population declines among honey bees. From 2013-2020, annual managed bee losses were…
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Dogs Can Smell Honey Bee Disease
By: Dewey Caron Dogs are famous for their sense of smell. A dog’s sense is so advanced they can smell disease in bees or…
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Bee Keepers’ Guide To Honey Bee Viruses
Anna Gajda DVM, Phd, Warsaw University Of Life Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Bee Diseases, anna_gajda@sggw.edu.pl Ewa Mazur DVM, Warsaw University Of…
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Cleared For Takeoff
By: Steve Repasky “Cleared for takeoff” is a common phrase heard at airports all over the world referring to the clearance given by air…
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Pollination In China
By: Mariann Fercsik It’s Not The Bees “With the introduction of China’s Home Responsibility System in the 1980s, the farmers of Hanyuan County in…
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Bees Need Meat?
By: Kirk Anderson The process of science involves new discoveries and continuous revision. The culture of science has placed a premium on novelty, but…
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Herding Genes With Epigenetics
By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Knowing the complete genome of an animal, whether human, bee, or worm, can go a long way toward…
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It Began with Brother Adam
By: Tina Sebestyen Brother Adam lived an incredible life, and contributed greatly to beekeeping in several ways, but most of all in creating a…
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American Bee Research Conference Abstracts
Introduction and Overview The American Association of Professional Apiculturists (AAPA) is an organization consisting of professors, state apiarists, scientists and students who study and…
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Three Bees I Have Known
By: Gene Robinson Do you remember Barry B. Benson, played by Jerry Seinfeld in the 2007 film Bee Movie? Benson was a honey bee…
Read MoreAlmond Pollination Math
By: Joe Traynor Ask an almond grower what was the most useful class he took in school (including college) and if he (she) thinks…
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Refractometer – All You Need to Know
By: Hanna Bäckmo Honey typically contains somewhere between 14% – 20% water, seldom less, sometimes more. Honey contains lots of other substances as well, such…
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The Rational World of Robber Bees
By: James E. Tew It’s a problem because we say it is… Bee colonies robbing each other is a problem because we – as…
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Kentucky Apiary Inspector
By: Tammy Horn Potter Short History of your state Apiary Program: The State Apiarist position was created by the State Legislature in 1986, but the…
Read MoreThe Latest Buzz on USDA Pollinator Efforts
By: Scott Hutchins and Elizabeth Hill Pollinators are a vital part of the agricultural production landscape and USDA plays a critical role in monitoring…
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The Beehives that don’t Hold Bees Part 1
By: Jim Thompson I collect bee paraphernalia and two of my tokens prompted me to write these articles. The first token is a civil…
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