Meet Derrick
By: Ed Colby At the turn of the century, Derrick Maness and I worked together for Colorado commercial beekeeper Paul Limbach. Derrick still does….
Read MoreKeeping Venom Out of Your Bee Club
By: Becky Johnson By Involving All Members In The Good And The Bad, Listening To Concerns And Forever Adapting To New Ideas And Ways,…
Read MoreHands On Mentoring After The Classes There’s Very Little Formal Education For New Beekeepers
By: Buddy May Dedicated mentoring of the new and inexperienced beekeeper is perhaps the single most important aspect of successful management in beekeeping. I…
Read MoreBeekeeper Fred Anderson or The Mystery of Crystal Mountain
By: Peter Sieling In 1896-1897, Bee Culture magazine, then called Gleanings in Bee Culture published its one and only serial novel. A few complained that…
Read MoreMeet Dr. Jay Evans
By: Ann Harman From Washington …… To Washington Jay is originally from Seattle in Washington State. Since his mother worked in a natural history…
Read MoreHELP PUERTO RICO
Adopt A Pallet To Help Beekeepers On Puerto Rico & USVI Recover. CAMPAIGN GOAL: 1,000 Langstroth hives to help replace hives destroyed by…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Puerto Rico’s African Honey Bees Have Been Selected To Be Gentle, And Are Already Varroa Resistant.
A genomic study of Puerto Rico’s Africanized honey bees has found out why they are more docile than other so-called killer bees –…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Bees Are Dying. In Three Minutes, A UMD Student Can Tell You Why.
University of Maryland doctoral student Samuel Ramsey has conducted award-winning research on honey bees in Thailand. (Courtesy of John Consoli) By Noah Fortson Trekking through…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Australia, New Zealand Fight Bitter War Over Honey.
Australian honey producers have been stung by the news that New Zealand’s honey industry is in the process of trying to trademark the word…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Australia & New Zealand Argue Over Trademark Of The Name Manuka.
The trans-Tasman battle over Manuka honey is getting stickier. After New Zealand honey producers said they would trademark the name manuka –…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – No Shave November: Here’s How You Can Make Beard Wax At Home.
Shaloo Tiwari TheHealthSite.com Growing beard and grooming it well has recently become a trend that seems like it is here to stay. Many…
Read MoreMeet Christian and Stephanie Ramthun
By: David MacFawn In late August I had the chance to visit Christian and Stephanie Ramthun’s honey bee operation which is based out of…
Read MoreMeet Dr. Geoff Williams
By: Jennifer Berry Legend has it that back in the 17th century, an “aha” moment occurred when a young scholar, Sir Isaac Newton, was…
Read MoreA Closer Look- Impact of Nosema Disease
By: Clarence Collison IMPACT OFNOSEMA DISEASE ON PRODUCTIVE CASTES The biological impact of Nosema disease has mostly been associated with worker bees, whereas drones…
Read MoreFound in Translation
History Tends To Repeat Itself It can be easy to forget when working with honey bees that our human existence as their keepers pales…
Read MoreIt’s Summers Time!
CHICKENS, WINTER, A BIT ABOUT ENGLAND Another completed year here at Bee Culture. It’s hard to believe. We’ve had a good year and hope…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Ukraine ups Exports first 9 months of 2017. Almost 30% exported to US.
Ukraine Ukraine’s 400,000 beekeepers shipped record levels of honey in the first nine months of the year, driven by a growing demand in the…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ -Honey Production Down As Rain Dampens Beehive Libido. Warm Fall Weather Helps Save Season.
CBC News University of Guelph apiary manager Paul Kelly says honey production has been low this year due to the cool, wet spring and…
Read MoreNew – Gifts For Yourself Or Others
BeeCounted.org is a map-based public website where beekeepers and the general public can see the extensive data being collected across the country through BroodMinder…
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