From a Beekeeper’s Wife-
The Farm, March 1, 1917. Dear Sis, Rob is making out the order for new beekeeping supplies for this year, and while he does…
Read MoreThe Farm, March 1, 1917. Dear Sis, Rob is making out the order for new beekeeping supplies for this year, and while he does…
Read MoreThe Physics Of Pollination By: Marie Davey Pollination. The word brings to mind the droning buzz of fat yellow and black bumblebees bouncing from…
Read MoreBy: Kirsten Traynor and Dennis vanEngelsdorp, et al* Honey bee colonies in the United States have been dying at high rates for over a…
Read MoreBy: Leo Sharashkin Using Local bees, And An Appropriate Hive.Unconventional? Perhaps. “Keeping bees requires little effort, and barely any capital to get started,” wrote…
Read MoreBy: Denise Ohio and Catherine Minden We live in the foothills of the Cascades in western Washington, northeast of Seattle. While we’re not technically in…
Read MoreSpring, Galveston, Time With Ann. In theory by the time you read this it will be almost officially Spring. I’m not sure what that…
Read MoreVéto-pharma survey – Honey bee viruses Véto-pharma (www.veto-pharma.com), the French company, which manufactures Apivar and Varroa EasyCheck, has released a new survey to help…
Read MoreWe routinely conduct reader and customer surveys to keep tabs on what you are up to, and what you think about what we do…
Read MoreWhere Do They Sell Their Honey? What do people sell, and where do they sell it. When it comes to honey, there’s a predictable…
Read MoreBy Sudhin Thanawala, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court Thursday revived a sweeping lawsuit accusing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…
Read MoreSent out by California State Beekeepers. Below is a statement from Roger Cline with the California Department of Food and Agriculture. During the January…
Read MoreThe Good Food Awards celebrate the kind of food we all want to eat: tasty, authentic and responsibly produced. We grant awards to outstanding…
Read MoreBy Mark Peters, Alan Harman Poor manuka nectar flow this season is expected to result in a 70 to 80 percent drop in manuka…
Read MoreStatisticians at the University of St Andrews have debunked a study by Swiss agrochemical company Syngenta that concluded there was only a low…
Read MoreHIGH ALERT: Australian beekeepers are being urged to remain on the lookout for small hive beetle. BEEKEEPERS are being urged to remain on the…
Read MoreAn environmental advocacy group called for “commonsense measures” to protect wildlife from three pesticides after a federal analysis found that they were likely to…
Read MoreWENATCHEE, Wash. — Spray pollination may someday replace bees in orchards, withholding irrigation before cherry harvest doesn’t do much and adding hand pruning to…
Read MoreBest management practices (BMPs) are intended to inform the horticulture industry about how to minimize negative impacts on the environment. The Horticultural Research Institute,…
Read MoreBY NCGA | January 27, 2017 A new honey bee testing service announced this week will allow beekeepers to more effectively identify and address…
Read MoreTracy Vence In October, PLOS announced that Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Marincola will be leaving the nonprofit at the end of this year. The…
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