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Meghan By: Ed Colby I like to say I’m retired, but I’ve never been busier. A hundred and fifty colonies keep me occupied. That,…
Read MoreMeghan By: Ed Colby I like to say I’m retired, but I’ve never been busier. A hundred and fifty colonies keep me occupied. That,…
Read MoreBy Cameron Newell, Bee Better Certified Program Coordinator Sran Family Orchards, the world’s largest grower of organic almonds, has long committed to sustainable farming,…
Read MoreBy: Jonathan Lundgren Repeating a mistake generally doesn’t end well. When genetically modified, glyphosate-tolerant crops hit the scene in the mid-1990s, it was…
Read MoreBy: Steven Payne Federal and state government programs in recent years have been announced and initiated to try to create better habitat and forage…
Read MoreCandyman • The X-Files By: Ryan McDearmont Genre films aren’t what they used to be. I don’t mean this in a nostalgic sense, but…
Read MoreBy: Tina Sebestyen February, it seems like spring will never arrive. In an effort to escape darkest Winter, we bring out our seed catalogs,…
Read MoreWhat I Learned In Cuba! By: Malcolm Sanford Jose Martí airport was more modern than I expected. It differed in two ways from others….
Read MoreLet’s Develop Some Metrics We Can Use By: David MacFawn Financial metrics are key numbers that you can focus on in financial statements. There…
Read MoreStaff Writer, WAM (Emirates News Agency) The Arab Beekeeping Organization, the first independent entity dedicated to looking after the affairs of beekeepers and honey-production…
Read MoreBy: Ettamarie Peterson Recently I got a packet of thank you letters from a third grade class that I had visited to educate them…
Read MoreBy: Frank Linton If beekeeping had its Uber or Airbnb what would it look like? Uber owns no taxis, Airbnb owns no hotels, yet…
Read MoreRevenues from Turkish honey exports soared 60 percent in 2017, according to an analysis of industry data. Turkey last year earned $23.8 million in…
Read MoreBy: Jim Thompson As Many Types Of Bottles As There Are Types Of Honey. Hexagonal Jar This jar appears to have had a…
Read MoreAlan Harman Researchers have used bees to monitor pollution for the first time in Australia and have found significant lead levels in the…
Read MoreAlan Harman Photo: Courtesy of Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture The services provided by urban farmers worldwide is estimated to be…
Read MoreYou may not want to hear this, but beekeeping is changing (and that’s a good thing). Alternative uses for protective bee gear. Odds and Ends – a…
Read MoreBy: Jennifer Berry When You Have To, Be Prepared. This past October, (and for several years now), it has been unseasonably warm with occasionally…
Read MoreThe often heard refrain that Varroa is the primary cause of colony losses associated with CCD is simply not supported by the evidence. So…
Read MoreWATER COLLECTION/HUMIDITY REGULATION Sometimes, however, a colony must collect pure water. A colony of honey bees needs water for several functions: to maintain body…
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