Fridays on the Farm: Making a Difference with Honey Bees
By Sydney Erickson, FSA, Nebraska Meet Kirstin Bailey of Fox Run Farms, a diversified family operation in Brainard, Nebraska. Kirstin and her family transformed…
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Bottom Board
By: Ed Colby Good Luck, Bad Luck. Despite a fire ban here in western Colorado, on July 3 some yahoos shooting illegal tracer rounds at…
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Planning A Honey Show
By: Ann Harman Rules, Classes, Judges, Records, Workers This preparing is not about making your honey ready for a show but how bee associations…
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Bigger Picture
By: Jessica Louque The Necessity of Morel-ity If you ever ask Bobby what his favorite ______ is, he will say “free” for his answer. When…
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Varietal Honeys Are Worth The Bother
By: Ann Harman If the weather and the plants and the bees cooperate then you may have three or four opportunities to collect and…
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Bigger Picture – Lent
By: Jessica Louque Practice What You Preach – Teach What You Practice We are currently in the midst of the Lenten season in the…
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Bigger Picture
By Jessica Louque Spring Seeds Part 2 – High Mowing Seeds As mentioned in some of my previous articles, High Mowing Seeds is another…
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From a Beekeeper’s Wife-
The Farm, March 1, 1917. Dear Sis, Rob is making out the order for new beekeeping supplies for this year, and while he does…
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Bee Kid’s Corner
Bigger Picture
By: Jessica Louque Spring Seeds Part I – Johnny’s Selected Seeds I’d say most of the readers for Bee Culture would consider themselves at…
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PERMACULTURE- Can It Save The Bees, And The Beekeeper?
By: Darlene Bentley A little over two years ago we settled with our bees into a valley home near the northern end of a…
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Christmas Presents For Beekeepers
By: Ann Harman Although December has not arrived the approaching days of Winter have slowed beekeeping tasks, giving us time to think about next year…
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Climate Change
A bee problem we can potentially solve – Part 2 by Ross Conrad Last month in part one of this three part series on…
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Champlain Valley Apiaries
Three Generations of Beekeeping by Ross Conrad The son of Czechoslovakian immigrants, Charles Mraz (1905-1999) kept bees in Woodside, Queens, an enclave of Czech…
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Stuart Anderson: Co-Inventor of the Flow Hive
by Toni Burnham If you are a beekeeper in North America, and you have a connection to the Internet (or anyone you know has…
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by James E. Tew Thievery – of any kind anywhere Robbery is truly hard to consider in just a short discussion – or even…
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Filtering Honey: What is Best?
by Vaughn Bryant Pollen In Honey What is the best way to filter honey and not lose any of the pollen? I wish I…
Read MoreBeating the Heat: Keep Cool When Temperatures Rise
by Kaitlin Newcombe With Summer well underway, it is important to take proper precautions while working outside in the apiary. Full beesuits provide adequate…
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Some Outstanding Leguminous Bee Trees
by Connie Krochmal The leguminous trees are reliable choices for the bee garden. Among these are a number of large trees, some of which…
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Create A Master Beekeeper Program
by Ann Harman Beekeepers in your area have been asking for a Master Beekeeper program. They wish to have some goals to achieve and…
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