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Staying Cool and Summer Inspections
Howdy from Texas! I started my beekeeping journey 13 years ago when I found an online advertisement for a discounted beekeeping class. I came home absolutely fascinated with bees. To…
New Beekeeping Equipment in 1877
For my collection of American Bee Journal and Bee Culture journals, back to their first issues, I took a bank loan to buy them back around 1987. Of course, now…
At What Price a Meadow
The link between a sunlit meadow and a bee is ironclad, not just in our minds but in science. Bees and meadows co-evolved over eons, forming a symbiotic union where…
IMPOSSIBLE FOSSIL DISCOVERY
International Experts Corroborate 15-to-20-Million-Year-Old Honeycomb with Trapped Scavengers found in Dominican Amber by Hermann Dittrich, NaturalAmber.com BUENA VISTA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC — A newly documented fossil specimen of an intact stingless…
U.S. BEEKEEPING SURVEY RELEASES ANNUAL COLONY LOSS ESTIMATES
by Geoff Williams June 24, 2026 Today, the U.S. Beekeeping Survey released its annual colony loss estimates for American honey bee colonies from April 2025 to April 2026. Led by…
Contents – August 2026
THE CLASSROOM Jamie Ellis – 825 BEEKEEPING BASICS Staying Cool and Summer Inspections Tara Chapman – 831 Time to Demand Action on the Hornet Randy Oliver – 837 Sourdough and…
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…
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…
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…
Rebuilding the Buzz in Ohio’s Farm Country
By: Jake Zajkowski Twenty years ago, trailers of commercial beehives movedthrough Ohio to pollinateanything with a flower. Their stops included the state’s orchards, forage operations and David Paynter’s buckwheat fields.…