MELISSOPALYNOLOGY
By Vaughn Bryant The Science Of Using Pollen To Study Honey. INTRODUCTION Melissopalynology is the study of pollen in honey. The term comes from…
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BXML Part 2 Achieving The Goal Of Standardized Data
By Joseph Cazier, Walter Haefeker & Edgar Hassler In Search Of The Genius Hive Last month, in the October issue of Bee Culture, our…
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Go With What We Know
By: Jennifer Berry Use Methods For Controlling Varroa That Are Tested, Legal and Work Last year, a new method of using oxalic acid (OA)…
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BEEWEEK IN BRUSSELS
By: Joseph Cazier Why Americans Should Care Introduction From June 26-28, 2018 the European Parliament hosted the seventh annual BeeWeek in Brussels, Belgium. I was…
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IPM Research At The University Of British Columbia
By: Shelley Tomlinson Biologists, beekeepers and economists are all working together at the University of British Columbia (UBC) to help beekeepers deal with challenges…
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Processing Honey: A Closer Look
By: Bob Binnie The debate on what constitutes good food seems to be endless. Diets abound with notions that are as varied as the…
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Peering Into The Future A Path To The Genius Hive
By: Joseph Cazier The Genius hive will be able to tell you what it needs to do better. Introduction Many of the changes we are…
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FOUND IN TRANSLATION
Keeping Your Honey Waiting By: Jay Evans As a scientist, I notice and tuck away lots of recent articles on topics that relate to…
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Found In Translation
By Jay Evans Old Time Bee Legions Few people are more attuned to honey bee behavior than Cornell University Professor, Thomas Seeley. From his…
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Honey Bees, Antibiotics and Gut Microbia
By: Rebecca Novak Tibbitt The role of antibiotics is both good, and bad in honey bee microbia. Researchers at the University of Texas, Austin,…
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The Honey Bee Health Coalition
Recent Accomplishments And Where We Are Heading Shapiro, Dykes, Sears, Hays, Berthelsen, Waycott Intro/Overview, by Julie Shapiro Honey bees play an integral role in…
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#SCIENCEMARCH
By: Toni Burnham Honey bees, unlike marchers, stay inside when it pours down rain. Here in DC, advocates for pollinator research got soaked, instead….
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Caveat Emptor: Let the Buyer Beward
By: Vaughn Bryant, Texas A&M There is very little truth in honey labeling. “Houston, we have a problem!” Those were words that echoed around the world…
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The American Bee Research Report
A Summary Of The Proceedings From Galveston By: Elina L. Niño This year marked yet another tremendous joint conference of the American Beekeeping Federation, The…
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Detecting Honey Adulteration
By: Robert Packer Using Infrared Spectroscopy. It’s as easy as A, Bee, C. Food adulteration: A global problem While many people are aware of…
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FOUND IN TRANSLATION
Prime Time, Passing Along Immunity. What if you could predict the disease environment of your offspring and then do something to increase their odds…
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The Voice Of The South: Neonicotinoids
by Jeff Harris The use of a class of systemic insecticides called neonicotinoids remains a highly controversial issue for the general public, beekeepers and…
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Flow Hive
by Ross Conrad Stewart and Cedar Anderson of Byron Bay, Australia have made history and are fast becoming legendary. The father and son team…
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Phenology and Its Value to Beekeepers
It’s important to know what blooms when and where by Denise Ellsworth Spring can be slow to arrive to Ohio. Here in the Buckeye…
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Measuring the Environment and Watching the Honey Flow
CO2, UV light, temperature and humidity all affect nectar production and quality by Carmine DeStefano The practice and art of beekeeping is a tremendously…
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