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Blue Moon by Jessica Louque Blue is my favorite color. Unfortunately, it’s not always nature’s favorite color. Either that or nature really loves blue…
Read MoreBlue Moon by Jessica Louque Blue is my favorite color. Unfortunately, it’s not always nature’s favorite color. Either that or nature really loves blue…
Read Moreby Ann Chilcott If you have never experienced a Scottish hillside in August with the heather in full bloom, and its unmistakably sweet scent…
Read Moreby Ed Colby I like to mound snow around my beehives for insulation, and this clear, bitter-cold January day would be a good day…
Read Moreby Jennifer Berry While the frost still lingers here in the south (and the snow to our north), it’s time to take care of…
Read Moreby Clarence Collison Vibrations and sounds, collectively called vibroacoustics, play significant roles in intracolony communication in honey bees (Hunt and Richard 2013). For many…
Read MoreA Bee Problem We Can Potentially Solve – Part 3 by Ross Conrad The dramatic increase in the earth’s atmospheric carbon levels and the…
Read Moreby William Hesbach Two Queens One Colony As beekeepers discovered long ago, a single colony with two queens generally builds a large population of…
Read MoreThe Best Way To Kill Varroa With Oxalic Acid by Frances L.W. Ratnieks, Luciano Scandian, Hasan Al Toufailia Summary LASI research shows that of…
Read MoreNBC News Nothing is more important to a robust almond harvest than a bee, so much so that farmers pay top dollar to borrow…
Read MoreThe mysterious disappearance of bees, called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), is a growing threat to Honey Bees, the mainstay of pollination services in agriculture….
Read MoreThe Penn State Center for Pollinator Research is hosting the third International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy on July 18-20, 2016 with…
Read MoreScholars and tribal leaders have criticized citizens as extravagant and foolish who have been washing the hands of their guests with honey. DAMMAM: The practice…
Read MoreBy LISA RATHKE, Associated Press in Food Manufacturing RICHMOND, Vt. (AP) — In the maple-rich areas of New England and the upper Midwest, producers…
Read MoreBayer and Project Apis m. today announced they are partnering to sponsor research to improve the health of honey bee colonies in the United…
Read MoreBy Patrick Cavanaugh, Deputy Editor, California AgToday California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) reports an important, broad-spectrum organophosphate insecticide known as Chlorpyriphos, or Lorsban, may be further restricted due…
Read MoreIn 1989 NASA sent honey bees into space as part of a student experimental program to investigate if honey bees could fly, and what…
Read MoreWhat Almond Growers Want this Year: Rain and Bees Almond Prices are Down Amid El Nino-Related Cold, Rain Heesun Wee CNBC Just when almond…
Read MoreWilliam Kern, an associate professor with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, gently pumped smoke into a beehive to calm…
Read MoreReminder to Report ANY and ALL Hive Thefts If you have had any hives stolen within the last couple years, please email Joy Pendell…
Read MoreZimbabwe’s honey industry is under threat from a menacing killer insect that feeds on bees. Known as the pirate bee, the insect infests beehive…
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