Found in Translation
History Tends To Repeat Itself It can be easy to forget when working with honey bees that our human existence as their keepers pales…
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Bee Pollen- An Overview
By: Ross Conrad Bee Pollen: Implications for Human Health Last month we looked at bee pollen: what it is; how it is collected by…
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HOLLY BEE
By: Kurt Knebusch and Paul Snyder Plant these for bees, and the holidays this year. Here’s seven hollies that can take it when…
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WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GIANTS
By: Peter Sieling Visiting with the Cogshall Brothers and G.M. Doolittle. Many years ago, my dad, the first beekeeper I ever knew, took me to…
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A “NET GAIN” CELL BUILDING SYSTEM
By: Joe Latshaw Not how big, but how small can a cell building colony be and still do a good job? Queen rearing is…
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Honey By The Ton From Top Bar Hives
By: Wyatt Mangum This article provides data on cotton honey production from top-bar hives collected over two seasons. The first season was a trial…
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Bottom Board
By: Ed Colby Shipping Day It broke my heart yesterday when Mike came for our steers Jem and Buttercup. In the Spring we bought…
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Winter? What’s That?
By: Ann Harman While Old Man Winter is delivering wind and snow to the north, let’s take a little vacation way down south where…
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Bee Kid’s Corner
Bigger Picture
By: Jessica Louque Spring Seeds Part I – Johnny’s Selected Seeds I’d say most of the readers for Bee Culture would consider themselves at…
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Found in Translation
By: Jay Evans What’s Going On At The Beltsville Bee Lab? Practical research discoveries follow a twisting path. Basic research driven by the human…
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Some Beeyard Thoughts, Observations and Updates
By: James E. Tew Beekeeping 2025 – Will hardly a decade really make that much of a difference? What’s so special about 2025? Well, being…
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Ask Phil- He Knows
Got a question? Q: A beekeeper in West Virgina writes: I have always heard that you can’t take honey from…
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Leave The Flying To Us
By: Jennifer Berry Moving Bees Is Stressful For The Bees, And The Beekeeper, Almost Always. Sitting at an airport is one of my least favorite…
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CLARENCE COLLISON: A Closer Look
By: Clarence Collison VARROA MITE POPULATION GROWTH A factor that might contribute to the growth of Varroa populations is the migration of mites into…
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THE CLIMATE, AND AGRICULTURE
By: Joe Traynor U.S. Agriculture, along with most U.S. citizens, is beginning to come to terms with the fact that our climate is indeed changing…
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PERMACULTURE- Can It Save The Bees, And The Beekeeper?
By: Darlene Bentley A little over two years ago we settled with our bees into a valley home near the northern end of a…
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WAS 2016
Notes From The Hawaii Meeting By: Malcolm Sanford The 2016 version of the Western Apicultural Society (WAS) met in Hawaii October 12 through 15…
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LETTER TO THE OBAMAS
By: Kim Flottum & Brad Root
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COST OF POLLINATION – 2016
USDA NASS released their 2016 Value Of Pollination report in December last year. By: Kim Flottum Below are excerpts from the report detailing what…
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