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Tabitha Mansker, the 2016 American Honey Princess, will visit New Jersey July 26-29. She will be a guest of the Eastern Apicultural Society and…
Read MoreTabitha Mansker, the 2016 American Honey Princess, will visit New Jersey July 26-29. She will be a guest of the Eastern Apicultural Society and…
Read MoreIf signed into law, the bill would set a goal for the USDA and other agencies of conserving, restoring, or enhancing 3 million acres…
Read MoreBy: Ann Harman Never again! The club’s two-frame, hand-cranked extractor was just fine a few years ago for Robert’s two hives but this year with…
Read MoreAn isolated population of honey bees, the Cape bees, living in South Africa has evolved a strategy to reproduce without males. A research team…
Read MoreFrom a blog in the Atlantic Michelle Obama was in top reassuring-mom mode Friday morning, as she delivered the keynote speech at the Partnership…
Read MoreLargest dollar gain ever for the booming organic sector even with supply challenges, says OTA survey Maggie McNeil The booming U.S. organic industry posted…
Read MorePreproposals for Research and Education and Professional Development The deadline to submit a preproposal for either a Northeast SARE Research and Education grant or…
Read MoreNational Farming Union’s application for banned pesticide use on oilseed rape crops is rejected as government rules against neonicotinoids for the first time …
Read Moreby Ann Harman Over the many centuries of man’s association with bees, including throughout beekeeping husbandry, one fact was well-known – if there…
Read Moreby Jenny Flores We have all heard about the disappearance of honey bees and there is certainly cause for concern. With honey bees…
Read MoreBy Alan Harman Gardeners in England’s biggest city are being urged to plant bee-friendly flowers this summer and to take note of the bees…
Read MoreAbout The National Honey Board The National Honey Board is a federal research and promotion board under USDA oversight that conducts research, marketing and…
Read MoreCornell University Credit: Ellen Woods ITHACA, N.Y. – In the face of scientific dogma that faults the population decline of monarch butterflies on a…
Read MoreWEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new Purdue Extension publication examines the causes and effects of pesticide drift, including information on how to recognize and…
Read MoreIf Bees Are Few. A HIVE OF BEE POEMS. Edited by James P. Lenfestey. Foreword by Bill McKibben. Afterword by Marla Spivak. Published by…
Read MoreAlan Harman Short-term starvation as larvae actually makes honey bees more resilient to nutritional deprivation as adults, Arizona State University researchers say. The unexpected…
Read Moreby Phil Craft A beekeeper in Georgia writes: Enjoy your column in Bee Culture very much. Got a problem. South GA-and probably lots of…
Read MoreTanging a swarm? Maybe or maybe not. Double screens for winter nuc survival. Are you sure? Drumming Bees. Was it ever effective? Queen excluders…
Read MoreA beekeeper in Oklahoma writes: In all of my years of beekeeping, it seems to me that when you introduce a new queen into…
Read MoreState Pollinator Protector Plans Protecting Pollinators Takes Funding by Michele Colopy States are being encouraged to develop Pollinator Protection Plans. Whether it is state…
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