CATCH THE BUZZ – Faking It – The Great Honey Robbery
By: Robin Booker ROBLIN, Man. — The surge of counterfeit honey into global honey supplies has been devastating for Canadian beekeepers. “It’s been twisting…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Irish Agtech Company That Monitors Honey Bee Colonies Expands Into US
Photo credit: Jonathan Fleury ApisProtect, an Irish agtech company using the Internet of Things (IoT) to monitor honey bee colonies, announced the close of…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – If You Pollinate Apples, Your Orchards Absolutely Need to Know This Information to Increase Both Yield and Quality
More flowers around apple orchards can yield higher harvest. This summer’s apple harvest set record highs and there were large expansions of organically produced…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Good Food Awards Announces Honey Finalists for 2019.
Would you believe that the food and drink the Good Food Awards celebrate – from spirits to cheese to honey – represent a greater…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Right Now, Bee Informed Needs Your Help!
Hello Honey Bee Fans! The Bee Informed Partnership is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose sole goal is to provide up-to-date honey bee health data to beekeepers so…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Mann Lake Acquires Kelley Beekeeping.
HACKENSACK, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mann Lake Ltd. (“Mann Lake”) has completed a management buyout with the support of Grey Mountain Partners (“Grey Mountain”). Mann Lake is…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – MANN LAKE ACQUIRES KELLEY BEEKEEPING
HACKENSACK, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mann Lake Ltd. (“Mann Lake”) has completed a management buyout with the support of Grey Mountain Partners (“Grey Mountain”). Mann Lake is…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – NZ Honey Levy to Include Comb Honey, and Exclude Small Producers.
Apiculture New Zealand board member and commercial apiarist Russell Marsh, of Ettrick, said the honey commodity levy was most important step the bee industry…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Right Now, Bee Informed Needs Your Help!
Hello Honey Bee Fans! The Bee Informed Partnership is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization whose sole goal is to provide up-to-date honey bee health data to beekeepers so…
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The Useful And Versatile Castor Bean Plant
By Connie Krochmal A number of oilseed crops happen to be good plants for bees, including the castor bean (Ricinus communis). Reportedly native to…
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Bottom Board
By Ed Colby Eighty-Sixed In the Almonds That redheaded Tina got in a little over her head when she volunteered to re-structure the Colorado…
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Beeyard Thoughts, Observations, and Updates
By James E Tew A Summer of washboarding behavior – Some wild guesses and assumptions? We are told, but we cannot understand I have…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Bee Bandits May Be Waiting In The Wings, Ready To Swoop In And Take Bee Hives In California Holding Yards.
By: Emma Goss As beekeepers tend to their buzzing colonies this autumn, preparing to pollinate Kern’s almond orchards in January, bee bandits may be…
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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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A Summer / Winter Hive Ventilation Box
By Lorna Cook Directions for one 8 frame ventilation box. Buy List / Cut List 1-1×4 Pine KD x 8 feet, cut 2-20 inches…
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Hive House Therapy
By Cassandra Vore “Take a deep, calming breath and in your mind’s eye, image if you will, being led into a small clearing. A…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Panhandle Beekeepers Assess Hurricane Damage. You Can Help!
By: Bob Barrett Beekeepers in the central panhandle are working to salvage their hives and rebuild their colonies after the destruction of Hurricane Michael. The…
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DOWNTOWN It’s Harder For You, Urban Newbee
By Toni Burnham The Golden Years Are Gone. The most experienced beekeepers I know tell me of golden years some three decades ago, before…
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Plan Ahead
By David MacFawn Next Season In The Southeast. Planning is critical for your operation’s success and your colony growth plan is one of several…
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THERMOGRAPHY II PERSONAL APPLICATION
By R. Micheal Magnini In part one of this article in May I outlined the availability of this technology to beekeepers, and its prospective…
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