Requeening
By: Larry Connor In Nature In Nature, queen replacement is a family event. When a queen is being a replaced, the worker bees recognize…
Read MoreBy: Larry Connor In Nature In Nature, queen replacement is a family event. When a queen is being a replaced, the worker bees recognize…
Read MoreA Useful Tool For Judging Honey By: Jim Thompson A polariscope, according to the Random House Dictionary is: “an instrument for measuring or exhibiting…
Read MoreBy: Denise Ohio and Catherine Minden Keeping Records Beekeeping is a multisensory experience. You don’t just see the bees, you listen to them, you…
Read MoreA Comparison Of Different Methods Of Obtaining Honey Bees By: Patrick Dwyer Making increase is a fundamental activity of beekeeping whether one is a…
Read MoreBy: Stephanie Bruneau Did anyone ever tell you ‘you are what you eat’? There is no creature for which this is more true than…
Read MoreFinding a Better Way to Fix Frames By: D.E. Bentley The frames, strung up between trees on clothesline, looked like an art installation with…
Read MoreBy: Jennifer Berry It’s amazing how many meetings and workshops one could attend around the county, state, or country. This week alone at only one…
Read MoreBy: Leo Sharashkin Using Local bees, And An Appropriate Hive.Unconventional? Perhaps. “Keeping bees requires little effort, and barely any capital to get started,” wrote…
Read MoreBy Mark Peters, Alan Harman Poor manuka nectar flow this season is expected to result in a 70 to 80 percent drop in manuka…
Read MoreBy: Ross Conrad Bee Pollen: Implications for Human Health Last month we looked at bee pollen: what it is; how it is collected by…
Read MoreBy: Joe Latshaw Not how big, but how small can a cell building colony be and still do a good job? Queen rearing is…
Read MoreBy: Wyatt Mangum This article provides data on cotton honey production from top-bar hives collected over two seasons. The first season was a trial…
Read MoreBy: Jennifer Berry Moving Bees Is Stressful For The Bees, And The Beekeeper, Almost Always. Sitting at an airport is one of my least favorite…
Read MorePortal Brazil, with information Codevasf Beekeepers of Brejo Grande produce an average of 300 kg of pollen per month and attract buyers from several states…
Read MoreThermal cameras have become an important part of my colony management and a tool for my scientific research. Wyatt Mangum In Bee Culture (March…
Read MoreRescuing A Feral Nest, After Collapse By: Kathy Keatley Garvey A collapsed feral honey bee colony in a hollowed-out Eucalyptus tree in a secluded area…
Read MorePollen that is collected by honey bees is referred to as bee pollen. The grains of pollen that make up bee pollen are the…
Read MoreA Survivalist Guide To Bees A lot of insanity has been going on in the country with elections, unrest, and political/cultural divides that, at…
Read MoreA multi-style hive apiary is pretty much what it sounds like. By: Ernie Schmidt I keep bees in Langstroth, Top Bar and Warre hives. I…
Read MoreOne tool that is offered in most beginning beekeepers kits by bee supply dealers is the bee brush. After 48 years of working…
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