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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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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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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CATCH THE BUZZ – Young Harris Beekeeping Institute Coming In May. Don’t Miss It!
Hello Fellow Beekeepers, We wanted to make you aware of the 28th annual Young Harris Beekeeping Institute, May 22-25, on the campus of Young…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Bee Removal To Be Illegal In Texas.
Zachary Bauer Bee removal is a common practice for many bee owners. Well, it’s about to become illegal in Texas if an Irving lawmaker…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Rearing Honey Bees Responsibly Requires Education and Careful Management to Help Stop the Spread of Disease.
Matt Robinson Small-scale beekeeping has bloomed in recent years as amateur apiarists have taken to cultivating honey bee colonies of their own to help…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – It’s All About the Bees: Displaced Workers Find Jobs Within an Appalachian Tradition
Carolyn Fortuna, Ph.D. No one expects sustainable energy and lifestyle businesses to completely replace the fossil fuel jobs that have been lost. But advocates…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Announcing an Incredible Beekeeping Job in Connecticut at a Very Unusual Location.
From the Editor: Before I moved to Ohio for this position, I lived for a time in Connecticut. My background was in horticulture, and…
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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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CATCH THE BUZZ – EAS Calls for Award Nominations and Research Proposals
From – Erin MacGregor Forbes, Chairman CALL FOR NOMINATIONS TO: Entomology Departments, Apiculturists, and Apicultural Laboratories DATE: November 24, 2018 RE: Call for Nominations…
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Information – Good or Bad
By Ann Harman Words surround us in various ways all during our waking hours. Our brains get bombarded every day by words. Radio, television,…
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Bee Whisperers
By Greta Burroughs Watching, Listening & Learning – Citizen Science Comes To The Honey Bee. It is getting more and more complicated to be…
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Where the Girls Are
By: Kim Flottum 2018 USDA NASS Colonies Report This is the third year this report has been published, beginning in 2015. Below is the summary…
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Tom’s Podcast Special
Tom Theobalds’s 2010 Neonicitinoid Article Listen to his July 2018 Podcast with Bee Culture here
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Bottom Board
By: Ed Colby Insurance Woes I was a little surprised when the quote for “beekeeper” insurance for the Colorado Beekeepers came in at $1,450…
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Is There A Proper Way To Wear A Bee Veil?
By: Jim Thompson Sometimes you see things that are very funny and you break out laughing even when it is really a serious situation….
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