Proposition 65 In California, Anything Can Be Dangerous!
By: Alan Harman Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup, has been added to California’s Prop 65 list, meaning that glyphosate is “known…
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Regional Honey Price Report
November Report Preliminary 2017 US Honey Production Report This is where we stick our neck way out and try and see what the future…
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Bigger Picture
The Business of Bees: Part I of III North Carolina has a lot of beekeepers. We’re ranked in the top ten states for most…
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October Honey Market Report
Prices and Weather The evolution of the U.S. beekeeping industry continues unabated, though at glacial speed. Very inexpensive, and by most counts illegally imported…
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September Honey Market Report
Winter and Summer Loss Survey, Plus, Spring and Summer Honey Crop Survey Bee Culture’s field reporters this month have been busy, and we’ve…
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August Honey Market Report
What’s Important In Selling Honey. We surveyed our reporters again this month to find out what principles and what items were important to their…
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Zika and Bee Kills
By: Tom Rearick Bee kills from pesticide treatments are not new. What is new is a rational fear of the Zika virus and the…
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July- Regional Honey Market Report
Honey Label Use We took a look at honey jar labels this month, seeing what our reporters use, and don’t use. Perhaps you will…
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Regional Honey Price Report
June Report Spring Reckoning We went to our reporters this month and asked about their Spring weather, and how it had affected the…
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U.S. Honey Industry Report – 2016
By: Kim Flottum Imports, exports, production and consumption from 2016. A somewhat new look and a lot of new data come with the Department…
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Brand Management
Review sites, bad reviews and good customer service. By: Jessica Dally In our last article, we discussed the Facebook algorithm. But of course, if…
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Regional Honey Market Report
May Report Business Plans So, what to expect, and what to do this honey season. With prices at best flat, and not looking very…
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Facebook Advertising
By: Jessica Dally Facebook marketing and the dreaded Facebook algorithm. What it is, why it matters, why people care. It has changed over the…
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Searching For Pollen In Honey
By: Vaughn Bryant, Texas A&M It’s Not As Easy As You Think! “Hello, Dr. Bryant could I visit your lab this weekend and learn how…
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April Regional Honey Price Report
Winter So Far . . . Honey prices keep coming up in discussions, so we took a look at January vs. April prices on…
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March Report
Where Do They Sell Their Honey? What do people sell, and where do they sell it. When it comes to honey, there’s a predictable…
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COST OF POLLINATION – 2016
USDA NASS released their 2016 Value Of Pollination report in December last year. By: Kim Flottum Below are excerpts from the report detailing what…
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Regional Honey Price Report
FEBRUARY REPORT What Do They Sell? What do our reporters sell, you ask? Well, take a look at the chart above. This is the…
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Regional Honey Price Report
January Report Management Practices We queried our reporters this month with several management questions covering pests, feeding, queens and other aspects of keeping bees….
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The Kelly Beekeeping Company
By: Phil Craft Exciting New Things Are Happening At Kelley. A loud buzzing overhead attracted the attention of the group assembled at the Kelley…
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