It’s Summers Time – January, Travel and Chickens
By : Kathy Summers As I write this it is mid-January and we have just returned from both big meetings. Kim went to the…
Read MoreBy : Kathy Summers As I write this it is mid-January and we have just returned from both big meetings. Kim went to the…
Read MoreAgriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s moves to limit his agency’s research arm have led to a string of departures from the Economic Research Service, whose…
Read MoreBy: Kim Kaplan – ARS News Service A bee gathering pollen and nectar from a helianthus flower. TUCSON, ARIZONA, March 20, 2019—Honey bee colonies…
Read MoreBy : Kim Flottum I’ve been attending one or the other, and sometimes but rarely both, of the National meetings in January almost every…
Read MoreBy : A.I. Root An old gentleman once gave me some advice that has been of benefit to me all my life. He was…
Read MoreBy : Malcolm Sanford Takes On The Small Hive Beetle The new lab wasted little time getting on the world’s honey bee research and extension…
Read MoreBy : James E. Tew “I can hear you!” Many years ago, I had what was to be a “typical surgical procedure.” It went…
Read MoreMark Weller – Californians for Pesticide Reform Sacramento, CA: California’s agricultural Commissioners failed to comply with state law requiring them not to issue permits…
Read MoreTravel to France with the KIM&Jim Show! Visit Veto-pharma, with KIM&JIM and the Veto-pharma bee crew. Jim is live in Paris for this exclusive…
Read MoreBy : Johnathan Lundgren There Are Consequences Of Pesticides That Stand Beyond Fence Lines It is easy for a farmer to justify applying a…
Read MoreFederal crop insurance and the critical role it serves as part of the farm safety net unexpectedly took center stage at a recent Senate…
Read MoreInsect lovers can now save the lives of exhausted bees by using a specially designed bank card that has an embedded pool of sugar…
Read MoreUniversity of Guelph A University of Guelph study is the first to uncover the impact of neonicotinoid pesticides on honey bees’ ability to groom…
Read MoreBy : Kathy Summers It’s funny – last month I wrote about a difficult trip home from the airport and just last night we…
Read MoreBy : Kim Flottum Webinars aren’t new. But if you haven’t, take a look at the webinars we do here and let me tell you…
Read MoreBy : Ross Conrad It’s March in the Northeast and for beekeepers that all too often means finding dead colonies in the beeyard. Winter losses…
Read More1. INTRODUCTION The North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) is seeking grant proposals for research devoted to finding practical solutions to honey bee health…
Read MoreBy : A. I. Root I have always been an enthusiastic admirer of old Dame Nature’s mysterious ways and workings. In August, 1865, a swarm…
Read MoreBy : Peter Borst I know I will hear from some of you on this, but before you take pen in hand, give it a…
Read MoreBy: David MacFawn Here’s how and when in the SE U.S. Splitting a colony is one way to control swarming. It is also a…
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