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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Theobalds’s 2010 Neonicitinoid Article Listen to his July 2018 Podcast with Bee Culture here
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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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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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Heartland Apicultural Society Conference – 2018 Heartland Apicultural Society will hold its 17th annual beekeeping conference on the campus of Washington University in St….
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Over a little more than a decade, diseases from mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas have tripled in the U.S.—from about 27,000 cases in 2004 to…
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By: Phil Craft With all the challenges facing honey bees and beekeepers today, Varroa mites are still the greatest threat. Last month, in my…
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Heartland Apicultural Society (HAS) has planned an exciting, event-packed, meeting at Washington University in St. Louis, on July 11-13. HAS’ distinguished keynote speakers and…
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Are you tired of wasting money on queens that don’t survive, behave badly, or don’t perform? Do you want to raise local stock? If…
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Meghan By: Ed Colby I like to say I’m retired, but I’ve never been busier. A hundred and fifty colonies keep me occupied. That,…
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By: Tina Sebestyen February, it seems like spring will never arrive. In an effort to escape darkest Winter, we bring out our seed catalogs,…
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By: Ettamarie Peterson Recently I got a packet of thank you letters from a third grade class that I had visited to educate them…
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By: Ed Colby Getting Ready Last November down by the Colorado River, Paul and the boys stacked four-way pallets of bees three high. Semis…
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