CATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Bee Health Coalition Members Issue Farm Bill Principles
Honey Bee Health Coalition members brought their vision for collaboration and cross pollination to Capitol Hill this week in a letter to policymakers working…
Read MoreHoney Bee Health Coalition members brought their vision for collaboration and cross pollination to Capitol Hill this week in a letter to policymakers working…
Read MoreColorado became friendlier to pollinators this week by passing the “Colorado Pollinator Highway” Resolution HJR 1029. The Resolution sponsored by Representative KC Becker and…
Read MoreQueen Mary University of London Nicotine-laced nectar can speed up a bumblebee’s ability to learn flower colors, according to scientists at Queen Mary University…
Read MoreBy Mark Peters A SCIENTIFIC definition for manuka honey to set an industry standard and assure markets of product authenticity has raised significant concerns,…
Read MoreEPA reopened the official comment docket (https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0384-0092) regarding the preliminary ecological risk assessment for the pyrethroid class of insecticides in late May. It will remain…
Read MoreBy Jenny Schlecht / Agweek Staff Writer If you ask beekeepers what kind of research they would like to see, the answer is simple….
Read MoreThe tens of thousands of abandoned properties, both standing and razed, mean Detroit has become home to more of the native bumblebees than…
Read MoreThe University of Tennessee says research shows a positive correlation between bee health and the presence of agriculture – just opposite to popular belief….
Read MoreFROM: Science magazine Entomologists call it the windshield phenomenon. “If you talk to people, they have a gut feeling. They remember how insects used…
Read MoreToward the end of this month we will be hosting three webinars as part of the Healthy Bees 2020 program organized by Project Apis…
Read MoreA Better Way To Protect Crops, and Bees By: John Dietz Beekeepers may be delivering a new service for crop producers, in North America…
Read MoreAfrican Honey Bees & Climate Change By: Ed Edwin Pandora, of classical Greek mythology, was given a box which contained all the evils of…
Read MoreBy: Larry Connor The young worker looked at the owner, dumbfounded. “You want me to kill all the queens I find in these colonies?” The…
Read MoreExtracting honey from cantankerous combs. Odds and Ends – Dark socks and crystallized honey. By: James E. Tew Extracting from cold, older combs I…
Read MoreJune Report Spring Reckoning We went to our reporters this month and asked about their Spring weather, and how it had affected the…
Read MoreRoot Company, Kids and Still…No Ducks! A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity for the second year in a row to talk…
Read MoreBy: Mark Winston Bee Audacious was a collaborative working conference that utilized dialogue to envision bold evidence-based ideas through which honey bees, other bees,…
Read MoreBy: Peter Sieling Dresden, NY Feb. 1919 – William Keefer awoke to discover that eight of his honey bee colonies were missing. He was the…
Read MoreBy: Don Coats Watch for this killer. It’s not passed by Varroa. Introduction: This article reports on a honey bee colony struggling for survival…
Read MoreBy: Ed Simon It was time to put a little pizazz into our sales display that we use for flea markets and other events….
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