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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Years 2 & 3 Hive Tasks
By: Ann Harman • August is important for Varroa control! • Harvest honey by early August, depending on climate, nectar flow and mite treatments….
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Have You Lit It Yet?
By: Chappie McChesney A Look At Mentors and Mentoring When you ask most beekeepers this questions they have their smoker come to mind. Most…
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Years 2 & 3
By: Larry Connor What Have You Learned? Quite frankly, if not done during the first season of keeping bees, the second and third year…
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Monitoring For Mites
By: Phil Craft With all the challenges facing honey bees and beekeepers today, Varroa mites are still the greatest threat. In a past Ask…
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All About Honey
By: Sharla Riddle It’s Almost Magic! Honey bees are chemists. Using enzymes and dehydration, these scientists of the natural world are able to change…
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Fall Inspections In The Southeast
By: Jennifer Berry What to look for and why. So far, 2018 has been a fairly decent year for most of us southern beekeepers….
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Be Sure to Watch the Wacky Weather
By: Ann Harman Not enough snow, too much rain, high winds, drought, too cold, too hot. Have you paid attention to the weather? Your…
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Harvesting Honey & Old Comb
By: Ross Conrad When is the best time to harvest honey from the hive? . . . It’s a question that crosses the mind…
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Got Questions? Phil Knows!
By: Phil Craft Q: A beekeeper in Washington state writes: I live in Carlton, WA. We just had a devastating wildfire that burned nearly 400…
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