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feeding bees

Don’t let your bees go hungry

December 29, 2018
73 Comments
4 min read
writing and blogging

Bee Merry! It’s Christmas!

December 23, 2018
22 Comments
8 min read
wild bees and native bees

Dianthidium bees make masons look like amateurs

December 19, 2018
11 Comments
4 min read
beekeeping equipment

In praise of the Langstroth hive

December 15, 2018
27 Comments
11 min read
wild bees and native bees

Favorite bees from last summer

December 12, 2018
10 Comments
4 min read
varroa mites

The mites are the same old mites

December 8, 2018
22 Comments
5 min read
publications

Book review | Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees

December 1, 2018
4 Comments
4 min read
Bananas are not good for bees. Save them for your breakfast cereal.
feeding bees

Have beekeepers gone bananas?

November 25, 2018
31 Comments
4 min read
writing and blogging

A Thanksgiving message from Honey Bee Suite

November 20, 2018
45 Comments
3 min read
miscellaneous musings

Is the beekeeping bubble about to burst?

November 12, 2018
83 Comments
6 min read
quiz

Many types of pollination: take the quiz

November 5, 2018
10 Comments
1 min read
beeswax

Rendering beeswax in the microwave

November 2, 2018
38 Comments
3 min read
questions and answers

The dogma daze of beekeeping, part 1

October 28, 2018
15 Comments
9 min read
An orange-handled bee brush. Always use a bee brush carefully
beekeepers

Are Women Better Beekeepers?

October 19, 2018
21 Comments
9 min read
wild bees and native bees

The honey-tailed striped sweat bee, Agapostemon melliventris

October 16, 2018
5 Comments
4 min read
bee forage

Motherwort as a bee forage plant

October 10, 2018
8 Comments
3 min read
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