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The East Cupcake Beekeepers Association usually meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month. But in December the date is too close to Christmas…
Read MoreThe East Cupcake Beekeepers Association usually meets on the 3rd Thursday of the month. But in December the date is too close to Christmas…
Read MoreWhy are some bee things the way they are? Why are things the way they are in beekeeping? Such things/questions/oddities or quirks are everywhere in…
Read MoreQ: A beekeeper in Ohio writes: I have enjoyed reading your “Ask Phil” column in Bee Culture magazine. In the last few months you…
Read MoreThe Business of Bees: Part I of III North Carolina has a lot of beekeepers. We’re ranked in the top ten states for most…
Read MoreThe often heard refrain that Varroa is the primary cause of colony losses associated with CCD is simply not supported by the evidence. Harm…
Read MoreQUEEN PHEROMONE Queen pheromone is complex and is produced from multiple glands. Honey bee queens produce a sophisticated array of chemical signals (pheromones) that…
Read MoreBy Jay Evans Old Time Bee Legions Few people are more attuned to honey bee behavior than Cornell University Professor, Thomas Seeley. From his…
Read MoreTwo books you should read…. Where Honeybees Thrive. Stories From The Field. By Heather Swan. Published by Penn State University Press. ISBN 978-0-271-07741-3. 176…
Read MoreBy: David MacFawn A damage survey from Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Irma in Florida was done in September 2017. Below are some…
Read MoreBy: Jim Thompson Dr. Charles C. Miller was born in Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania, on June 10, 1831. He was the son of Dr….
Read MoreBy: Fred Miller, U of A System Division of Agriculture Moths feed on flowers in a test plot at the Arkansas Agricultural Research and…
Read MoreSmoke is beekeeper cologne Don’t buy me Cool Water for Christmas, I have a scent all of my own. No Old Spice or Axe…
Read MoreCatherine Howell, Research Assistant, GRIT Lab, University of Toronto; Jennifer Drake, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, and Liat Margolis, Associate Professor…
Read MoreBy: Ryan Bushey The key to designing the next generation of drones could reside in the animal kingdom. Engineers are exploring an area of…
Read MoreKVIC to distribute 75000 bee-boxes to promote bee keeping-employment New Delhi, Oct 17 (KNN) Eyeing towards the promotion of bee keeping in the country,…
Read MoreHilltop Honey founder Scott Davies. A young honey-making entrepreneur in Wales, who started his business in the back yard of his parents’ home,…
Read MoreNina Hindmar Manuka honey can demand as much as $500/lb or more. Apiarists from outside Golden Bay are threatening the bay’s honey industry by…
Read MorePaper co-authors Ping Wen (left) and Shi-hao Dong (right) study Asian hornets. Credit: James Nieh Over the past decade, Asian hornets, predatory insects with…
Read MoreResearch led by Purdue University professor Peter Hirst shows that pollen from some apple trees may be better for pollinating high-value apples. (Purdue Agricultural…
Read MoreFor the past nine months, the Honey and Pollination Center at the Robert Mondavi Institute, UC Davis, has been studying the many facets of…
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