Book Review
Kim Flottom Form and Function in the Honey Bee, by Lesley Goodman. Published by Northern Bee Books and IBRA. Available on Amazon or from…
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Book Reviews
Kim Flottum Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping, Third Edition. Dewey M. Caron and Lawrence John Connor. Published by Wicwas Press LLC, Kalamazoo, MI 49001….
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The Hopkins Method for Raising Queens in your Small Apiary. By Joe Conti. Published by Northern Bee Books. ISBN 978-1-914934-25-4. 38 pgs. 9.5” x…
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Kim Flottum Bizzy’s Wings, by Aris Roberts and Soren Roberts. Illustrated by Marina Garifullina. ISBN 9798985314717. 34 pgs, 10” x 7”, color throughout, soft…
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Late Summer Early Autumn Tasks to Consider
By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years To be sure that information is…
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By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Bees are collected, either by shaking…
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INNERCOVER
By : Kim Flottum I’ve been attending one or the other, and sometimes but rarely both, of the National meetings in January almost every…
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INNERCOVER
By : Kim Flottum Webinars aren’t new. But if you haven’t, take a look at the webinars we do here and let me tell you…
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Getting Started. What You Need and Need to Know.
By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years This is a crash course in…
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INNERCOVER
2019 marks the 150th year the A.I. Root Company has been doing business in the beekeeping community. This is, without doubt, certainly something to…
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The Inner Cover
By: Kim Flottum Acutally, It’s All About Honey A while ago I was talking about where food comes from and Mexico is certainly one…
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Selling Honey. Land Use. Local. By: Kim Flottum I have several interests in life that aren’t directly involved with bees, beekeeping and beekeepers, but most of…
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Make Sure You’re Ready For Winter
By: Kim Flottum This Editor’s Hive article originally appeared in the Winter 2017 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years No matter what action…
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By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Autumn 2017 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years By now your package should be…
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Installing Packages
By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Summer 2017 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Bees are collected, either by shaking…
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By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Winter 2016 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years The Care and Feeding Of Honey…
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Inner Cover
Safely Defining Honey. By: Kim Flottum Back in January we reported in the BUZZ that the ERS has sent a Report to the Commissioner…
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Reader Survey. Meeting Messages. By: Kim Flottum We recently conducted a reader survey. You may have been one of those contacted by the people…
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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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I’m jumping ahead this time but we’ll get back to Rule 3 soon. But this time I’m looking at something more timely…. The Seventh…
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