USDA trumps State law
Court says USDA is sole enforcer for organics From The Packer The California Court of Appeals ruled consumers do not have the right to…
Read MoreCourt says USDA is sole enforcer for organics From The Packer The California Court of Appeals ruled consumers do not have the right to…
Read MoreHoney bees demonstrate decision making process to avoid difficult choices A recent study on the metacognitive ability of honey bees suggests that they, like…
Read MorePest Management – Rule 4 Although the staple pests and diseases are still with us, and will rise and shine on occasion, the 5000…
Read MoreFirst Flower, First Pollen Tube, First Pollinating Insect. How Cool Is That? CORVALLIS, Ore. – A 100-million-year old piece of amber has been discovered…
Read MoreReasons you may not have thought of. by Joe Traynor Ask a beekeeper – commercial, sideliner or hobbyist – why he/she keeps bees and…
Read Moreby Kim Flottum Finishing up on Rule 2 about having Good Genetics, we get to the basics…resistant of the common problems, efficient producers, and…
Read MoreRule 2 – Good Genetics The fundamentals of this rule are simple. Accomplishing them is somewhat more difficult, but you have to have a…
Read Moreby Toni Burnham City beekeepers often worry about the resources surrounding our bees. Well, here is another reason to take heart! We live in a…
Read MorePicking up where we left off with Good Queens, the next obvious piece of this is that good queens should be healthy beyond belief….
Read More10 Rules of Modern Beekeeping There are, I’m certain, far more than 10 rules that you can use to guide you through the common…
Read MoreIt’s been a hard autumn this year. A long, but not particularly difficult recovery from back surgery last fall kept me at mostly three…
Read MoreAbout 60 yards or so from my house runs one of the many small creeks Ohio seems to have. I live just north of…
Read MoreFrom the EPA: WASHINGTON – In an ongoing effort to protect bees and other pollinators, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed new pesticide…
Read MoreIn The Honey Connoisseur, the book that Marina Marchese and I just finished, we examine 34 popular, and in our opinion excellent varietal…
Read MoreBy Dewey M. Caron In a suburban shopping mall in Wilsonville, OR, south of Portland, a massive loss of bumble bees has been attributed…
Read MoreSecond day. More beekeepers speaking than not, and definitely interesting. Zac Browning, commercial beekeeper looked at what has changed….More stress of course, in…
Read MoreHoney Bee Health Summit. Sponsored by Project Apis m, The Honey bee Advisory Council, and Monsanto. Chesterfield, MO. I probably haven’t mentioned that I…
Read MoreBeekeepers and others involved with dealing with colonies injured or killed by agricultural pesticides are encouraged to notify the proper authorities so that the…
Read MoreSaturday, May 11, the good folks at Case Western University’s Squire Valeeview Farm, including Chris Bond, Horticulturist, Anna Locci, Farm Manager, and the…
Read MoreIt’s no secret. A million, maybe more colonies that were alive last Thanksgiving aren’t alive today, the beginning of May. What happened? Lots…
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