Category: Columns
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Bee Vet
Click Here if you watched/listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! More SOAPing By: Tracy Farone In the June 2025 episode of Bee Vet, I introduced readers to the concept of “SOAPing”. To refresh your memory, here is a review. The acronym “SOAP” is used in medicine…
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Found in Translation
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Tropilaelaps and Co. By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Much has been written about Tropilaelaps mites and their impacts on honey bees both in their native range and, following recent hops, in…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! This Might Sting, Part 2 By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Bee Venom We promised to investigate the benefits of bee venom for you. Humans have known that the sting of a honey…
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Off the Wahl Beekeeping
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Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! New(ish) Beekeeper Column Harvesting Honey By: Richard Wahl Honey The primary reason individuals get into the hobby of beekeeping is to at some point be able to collect honey. Although there are those…
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Bee Vet
Click Here if you watched/listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! What is HBVC?By: Dr. Tracy Farone (Click on photos to enlarge) This month, I will be fulfilling a request to feature an organization that I have been a part of since late 2019. The Honey Bee…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! This Might Sting Part 1By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Bee Venom If the rose is symbolic of beauty and suffering, the honey bee doubles down by delivering extreme sweetness and pain. If…
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Found in Translation
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Found in Translation Diverse Bouquets By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab (Click on photos to enlarge) I recently wrote about new work showing how honey bees recruit nestmates to different flower patches…
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Off the Wahl Beekeeping
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! New(ish) Beekeeper Column Communications Within the Colony By: Richard Wahl (Click on photos to enlarge) A Bit of History As the late Summer months fade into Fall we need to make sure our…