CATCH THE BUZZ – The Number of Honey Bee Colonies in Europe Fell By 16% in the Winter of 2017-18.
The survey of 25,363 beekeepers in 36 countries found that, out of 544,879 colonies being managed at the start of winter, 89124 were lost,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Tariffs on Chinese Products Aid US Garlic and Honey Producers.
Employees on the production line at Christopher Ranch in Gilroy, California — the local garlic industry is reaping the benefits of US trade tariffs…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Join Kim and Jim in the Beeyard, and on the front porch of the A. I. Root Homestead on June 18th at Noon EST.
Check out the next LIVE KIM&JIM Show, on June 18, 2018. Kim and Jim are first going to take a look at the 4…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Program Non-Recourse Marketing Assistance Loan and LDP Program Overview.
The Agricultural Act of 2014 (2014 Farm Bill) authorizes nonrecourse marketing assistance loans (MALs) and loan deficiency payments (LDPs) for the 2014 through 2018…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – An Invitation from the Team in Montreal for Apimondia 2019
Dear Apimondia Community, The Canadian Honey Council and its industry partners are proud to invite you to join the 46th Apimondia Congress, which will…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Land in the USDA Conservation Reserve Program Provides Valuable Forage for Honey Bees. Honey Bee Colonies More Successful By Foraging on Non-Crop Fields.
By: Kim Kaplan March 20, 2019 TUCSON, ARIZONA, March 20, 2019—Honey bee colonies foraging on land with a strong cover of clover species and…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Seedless Watermelons Are A Different Challenge When Pollinating.
Gail Hermenau – Vegetable Crops Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu A female watermelon flower will need around 500-1000 pollen grains to be fertilized effectively….
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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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CATCH THE BUZZ – Beescape.org Allows Users to Select a Specific Location and Obtain Landscape-Quality Scores for the Surrounding Region, Up to 5 Kilometers Away.
Images from the “methodology” page on Beescape.org. University Park, Pa. — A new online tool and community, called Beescape, enables beekeepers, or anyone interested in bees,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – For 2018 – Honey Production Up a Hair, Prices Down a Couple of Hairs, Other Income Now a Big Player.
United States Honey Production Up 2 Percent for Operations with Five or More Colonies in 2018 United States honey production in 2018 from producers…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – California Honey Crop A Mixed Bag This Year. Here’s Why.
By: Christine Souza – California Farm Bureau Stanislaus County beekeeper Orin Johnson tends to beehives near Hollister. He says he is optimistic that the…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Thou Shalt Not Adopt Or Continue In Effect Any Ordinance, Rule, Regulation, Or Resolution Prohibiting The Establishment Or Maintenance Of Beekeeping On Property That The Person Owns, Rents, Or Leases.
By: Alan Harman Indiana has passed a law blocking county, city, town, or township officials from prohibiting beekeeping on property that the person owns,…
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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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CATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Bee Colonies More Successful By Foraging on Non-Crop Fields.
By: Kim Kaplan – ARS News Service A bee gathering pollen and nectar from a helianthus flower. TUCSON, ARIZONA, March 20, 2019—Honey bee colonies…
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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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