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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The Legacy Of CCD
By Malcolm Sanford Honey Bee Research On The Rise. In retrospect, 2006 appears to have been a banner year with reference to honey bee…
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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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CATCH THE BUZZ – Dan Conlon: It’s All About The Russians (Russian Honey Bees, That Is)
October 22, 2018 For as long as he can remember, Dan Conlon has enjoyed and kept honey bees. When he was 50, he threw…
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Regional Honey Price Report
November Report Honey Production 2018 We asked our reporters to sum up the honey crop this year, including Spring, Summer and any Fall crop…
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Product Reviews
Time To Think About Holiday Gifts Clothing for a cause. That is what Bloom Clothing Company is all about. With a portion of profits…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – There’s a Petition out There to Have the Department of Transportation Rethink the Hours of Service Requirement for Livestock Drivers.
THE AMERICAN HONEY PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION JOINS OTHER LIVESTOCK GROUPS TO PETITION THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR HOURS OF SERVICE FLEXIBILITY. WASHINGTON (October 15,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Florida Beekeepers Take Big Hit Due To Hurricane Michael, and You can Help!
CBSMIAMI.COM GAINESVILLE (CBSMiami) – Florida continually ranks as one of the top five honey producing states in the country but Hurricane Michael significantly impacted the beekeeping…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – EPA Considers 300,000-acre Expansion of Flupyradifurone, a Toxic Insecticide
Flupyradifurone Poses New Threat to 38 Protected Species in Southeast PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity today urged the Environmental Protection Agency to deny Bayer CropScience’s…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Hundreds of Colonies Killed in Australia, Killed By Fipronil, an Insecticide Commonly Used to Kill Termites.
A beekeeper in Australia’s remote Northern Territory says about one million of his bees have been deliberately killed with an insecticide. The Australian Broadcasting…
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