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Survival of the Wildest

CVM Researchers are Studying a 17-year Evolutionary Race That May Offer a New Script for Saving the World’s Honey Bees. This article is from the University of Minnesota Jessica Knight In the lush forests of Oahu and the sprawling apiaries of the Big Island, a high-stakes evolutionary drama has been unfolding for 17 years. While […]

Shutting Down Federal Bee Labs Threatens Bees, Beekeepers and the US Food System

This article was originally published by The Conversation Jennie L. Durant America’s bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most. The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to soon close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, a 6,500-acre agricultural research station in Maryland that is home to the nation’s premier […]

WHO KEEPS THE BEES?

A Portrait of the American Beekeeper Who they are, Why they do it, and What keeps them going By Mirza Tihic | Syracuse University You want to understand a beekeeper? Don’t start with the honey. Don’t start with the hives. Start with this: most of them are losing money, most of them knew they would, […]

For the Newer Beekeeper

An Overview of Common Neophyte Beekeeper Questions and Issues Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: James E. Tew Driving a car and keeping beesInitiating and developing beekeeping skills is much like learning to drive a car. Few people […]

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Raise a Queen

Become A Better Beekeeper Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: David Burns Many beekeepers probably feel that raising queens is out of reach and best left for large-scale, commercial beekeepers with decades of experience. You might think that […]

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Off the Wahl Beekeeping

Happy Birthday USA Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Richard Wahl On this 250th birthday of the United States I thought I would present something a bit different. Rather than more information on beekeeping, which has been the […]

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Tropilaelaps Redux

Part 1 Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Ross Conrad While yellow-legged hornets and reduced oversight and regulation of pesticides and pollution at the EPA are a couple of the latest concerns that have potential to be a […]

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Bee Vet

Esquire Time Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Dr. Tracy Farone While I am certainly not a lawyer, most of us (usually unfortunately) must be aware of laws that affect our professions in order to avoid legal liability. […]

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Minding Your Bees and Cues

For the Love of Field Days Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Becky Masterman Beekeeping meetings are energizing and informative. Add live colonies and demonstrations to a meeting and you have something special. Attending a beekeeping field day […]

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The Bane of Bottlenecks

Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Stephen Bishop Bottlenecks are the bane of a beekeeper’s existence. Just when you think you’ve solved one, another appears. “It sure would be nice to have an automated uncapper,” I said one […]

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