Thermal Efficiency
By : Derek Mitchell Honey bees collect flower nectar to make honey, but that is only the beginning. It can be shown that they…
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SUSTAINABLE BEEKEEPING
By : Meghan Milbrath I used to keep a small flock of sheep, and I would go through a lot of hay. One day…
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Imagining The Unimaginable – A World Where Honey Bees Thrive
By : Ross Conrad In the September 2018 issue of Bee Culture we explored what a world in which honey bees and pollinators are…
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BUYING AND SELLING BEES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
By : Bill Ruzicka PACKAGES, NUCS, SPLITS, AND SWARMS were created for traditional northern beekeeping when the bees were gassed and killed after the…
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Creating A Beekeeper Meeting
By : Ann Harman Well, you did it! You volunteered to be Meeting Chairman. Now what? It all depends on whether your club is…
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COLOSS
By : Malcolm Sanford Takes On The Small Hive Beetle The new lab wasted little time getting on the world’s honey bee research and extension…
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The Colony That Would Not Die
By : James E. Tew “I can hear you!” Many years ago, I had what was to be a “typical surgical procedure.” It went…
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The Risky Business Of Pesticides
By : Johnathan Lundgren There Are Consequences Of Pesticides That Stand Beyond Fence Lines It is easy for a farmer to justify applying a…
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Evaluating Dead Colonies
By : Ross Conrad It’s March in the Northeast and for beekeepers that all too often means finding dead colonies in the beeyard. Winter losses…
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Making Splits
By: David MacFawn Here’s how and when in the SE U.S. Splitting a colony is one way to control swarming. It is also a…
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Why We Produce Nucs And How We Do It – Whether for pleasure or profit, any beekeeper can benefit from producing nucs.
By: Bob Binnie Successful beekeeping in any form is fifty percent science and fifty percent art. In other words, fifty percent science and fifty…
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Data Sharing Risks And Rewards
By: Joseph Cazier, Walter Haefeker, James Wilkes, Edgar Hassler For Commercial Beekeepers. Introduction In last month’s Bee Culture article, “Data Sharing Risks and Rewards…
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Beeyard Thoughts, Observations, and Updates
By: James Tew 10 Good Ways To Have a BAD Bee Meeting Memorable meetings – Good and Bad At one time, we have all been…
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Beeyard Thoughts, Observations, and Updates
By James E. Tew Some People Who Were At Pivotal Points On My Beekeeping Journey It’s not about me – I promise Editor Kim…
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FaceBook Advertising
By Jessica Dally Micro Targeting This HUGE Audience. I promised you in the last article that we’d get down to the nitty-gritty of how…
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build a bee whiraligig
By Ed Simon After working hard all Summer, it’s time for something just for fun. It’s time for some frivolity. You have worked hard, become…
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An Apology To Oxalic Acid
By Frank Mortimer Skeptical at first, I’ve seen the light. When I was new to beekeeping, the first beekeeping course I took was titled,…
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Data Sharing Risks And Rewards
By: Joseph Cazier, Walter Haefeker, Edgar Hassler For Hobbyist Beekeepers. Introduction In our September Bee Culture article, “BeeXML Part I: The Power of Big…
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Product Reviews
Great Gift Ideas For Your Beekeeper – Honey Bee Charli, by Melissa Haskins Wilbanks. Published by Mascot Books. ISBN 978-1-63177-990-0. 10” x 8”, 32…
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Facts About Beeswax
By: Wolfgang Ritter Quality. The quality of beeswax has become of increasing concern within apiculture. Residues of pesticides and varroacides affect the quality of wax…
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