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Time Flies. The years sure seem to go faster, the older I get. And every year we never get it all done. But we…
Read MoreTime Flies. The years sure seem to go faster, the older I get. And every year we never get it all done. But we…
Read MoreBy: Kim Flottum Acutally, It’s All About Honey A while ago I was talking about where food comes from and Mexico is certainly one…
Read MoreBy: Stephen Bishop For those who have Netflix, I recommend for consumption: Detectorists. This show has nothing to do with beekeeping other than the fact…
Read MoreSelling 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…
Read MoreMy ski patrol boss Art said, “So your talk tonight is on the history of bees?” “It’s on pesticides and bees,” I said. “That…
Read Moreby Ross Conrad One of the benefits of having written a book on beekeeping is I occasionally get invited as a presenter to speak…
Read Moreby Jessica Louque Last year, we installed 200 packages at work. Bobby and I had just switched to a new-to-us company, and we were…
Read MoreRarely a quick and easy beekeeping process for the small time beekeeper by James E. Tew Moving beehives – always eventful I don’t know…
Read Moreby Phil Craft A beekeeper in Kentucky writes: I make use of a feeding station for my bees. It is over 1000 feet from…
Read Moreby Clarence Collison Individual honey bees of all ages and castes have developed mechanisms to limit the impacts of their pathogens. Insect social life…
Read MoreVision and Change About 6 months ago, we launched the first step in an improved version of our website. Today we take another step…
Read Moreby Ross Conrad Stewart and Cedar Anderson of Byron Bay, Australia have made history and are fast becoming legendary. The father and son team…
Read MoreBy Jessica Louque Do you ever have those neighbors that are always doing really strange things and you think maybe they are somewhere between…
Read MoreBy Dewey Caron Glen Andresen has been keeping bees over 22 seasons. He is also a Master gardener. He enjoys teaching others both practical,…
Read MoreWhen to treat and when to simple accept the disease? I’m only fooling with you I am afraid that all too often I write…
Read MoreA beekeeper in Texas writes: I recently watched a video on YouTube that advocates using a nine frame bar spacer, as shown below. It looks…
Read Moreby Clarence Collison Worker honey bees begin their first use of venom when they attain an age of of about 14 days for defense…
Read MoreEd Colby Why don’t you just send all your bees to California for the almonds,” Marilyn wondered. “Then you’d have the Winter off.” Maybe…
Read MoreRoss Conrad Many indigenous cultures around the world believe that everything in the natural world has something to teach us if we are open…
Read MorePhil Craft Dear Phil, I have been trying to sort out my thinking about – AFB and come down to the essay below. Please…
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