National Honey Month
Let’s Party By: Ann Harman September is National Honey Month! So it is a perfect time to have a party celebrating honey. And since…
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The Pennsylvania Farm Show 100 Years Of Incredible Education
The January 2016 Pennsylvania Farm Show was the 100th anniversary of this grand event. The PSBA does an outstanding job every year, and this…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Australian Honey Packer Raising Capital, Expanding
Alan Harman Australian honey producer Capilano Honey Ltd. Announces a A$16.8-million ($12.1-million) capital raising offer on the Australian Stock Exchange, saying the money will…
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New For Spring
BroodMinder is a wireless temperature and humidity monitor for beehives that uses Bluetooth low energy technology to transmit data to a mobile device or…
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The Hows, Ways And Whys Of Weighing Hives: Lonnie Funderburg
by Lonnie Funderburg My interest in honey bees began in the Fall of 1989 with a visit to my office by a client who…
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Frames Used In Beehives
by Jim Thompson Any one starting beekeeping today may not realize the discovery, manufacture, assembly, and use of the frames in a beehive. If…
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Build A Migratory Pallet
by Ed Simon Last year we tested moving some of our bees to Texas. We moved six hives with great results. Not only did…
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Beeyard Thoughts
Tanging a swarm? Maybe or maybe not. Double screens for winter nuc survival. Are you sure? Drumming Bees. Was it ever effective? Queen excluders…
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Ditch The Foundation
by Roger Williams “Psst! Buddy! Hey you, with the veil. Yeh, you. Wanna save 100 bucks?” This doesn’t happen often to a beekeeper, some…
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Screened Bottom Boards: There’s Always Something New To Learn
There’s Always Something New To Learn by Ross Conrad Despite having worked six years for a commercial beekeeping outfit with over a thousand hives,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – THE AMERICAN HONEY TASTING SOCIETY
WESTON, CONNECTICUT, September 1, 2015 — C. Marina Marchese, the first American resident accepted into the Italian National Registry of Experts in the Sensory…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – True Source Honey Issues Alert on Honey Shipped from Thailand and Taiwan
Washington, D.C. – September 2, 2015 – The non-profit True Source Honey CertificationTM Program (www.TrueSourceHoney.com), whose mission it is to protect consumers, retailers…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – 2016 Good Food Awards Update, And Reminder About Honey
The 2016 Good Food Awards season begins with our favorite part – opening the door to still more talented producers. And this year, it’s…
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Bee Hive Stands: This may be the Golden Age of Hive Stands
by James E. Tew What a pleasant surprise Last month, I wrote that, “I would like to come up with a design for individual…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Is It The Honey It Says It Is? Two Ways To Tell
By Jessica Burdg, Contributing Science Writer, Laboratory Equipment Magazine The common phrase “things aren’t always what they seem” can apply to a plethora of…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Organic Promotion Order Proposal Deadline Extended
WASHINGTON, June 3, 2015 – The United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is extending a deadline by 30 days to allow…
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Flow Hive
by Ross Conrad Stewart and Cedar Anderson of Byron Bay, Australia have made history and are fast becoming legendary. The father and son team…
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Build a Portable Observation Hive
by Ed Simon To sell your honey at a farmers market or a flea market you need a gimic to get the people to…
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ARNIA: Using Remote Hive Monitoring Data
by Huw Evans The Benefits of Electronic Data Collection When compared with manual collection, electronic hive monitoring offers scientists a less intrusive means of…
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ARNIA: Remote Hive Monitoring For Every Beekeeper
by Huw Evans I have been a beekeeper for almost 15 years, I have always loved keeping bees as for me it’s the perfect…
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