Downtown
By Toni Burnham It’s Harder For You, Urban Newbee The most experienced beekeepers I know tell me of golden years some three decades ago,…
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Getting Ready For A Southern Season
By David E MacFawn Good well thought planning is required in the Autumn to ensure success the following Spring and Summer. Now, October and…
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Fall Feeding, A Once-A-Year Chance To Get It right
By: Les Eccles MOST BEEKEEPERS WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THIS YEAR HAVE been reporting a good honey harvest, which is very welcome news after…
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What’s New
The Millerbees Bucket Tilter The Millerbees Bucket Tilter is for tilting three to five gallon buckets with bottom gates, to get the last few…
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Winter Honey Report
Honey Production 2018 We asked our reporters to sum up the honey crop this year, including Spring, Summer and any Fall crop they were…
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1st Year Hive Tasks
The bee year is winding down – Winter is approaching. October First – the day to install mouse guards Queens decrease egg laying –…
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The Editor’s Hive
The Hardest Season. Winter. Winter is the hardest season, except in the very, very southern part of the U.S. where there are plants blooming…
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Queen Pheromone
Queen pheromone is complex and is produced from multiple glands. Honey bee queens produce a sophisticated array of chemical signals (pheromones) that influence both…
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