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Many types of honey: some are crystallized and some are not. Honey usually becomes lighter in color when it crystallizes. Pixabay photo.
honey production

Why you should accept (not fix!) crystallized honey

March 20, 2016
40 Comments
7 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
beekeeping equipment

Stands for a double-queen hive

March 17, 2016
15 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
beekeeping equipment

Tinkering in the bee yard

March 15, 2016
26 Comments
5 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
pollination

In-hive pollen transfer among honey bees

March 8, 2016
3 Comments
4 min read
More beekeeping won't save the bees. Instead, we all need to plant more flowers.
honey bee nutrition

More beekeeping won’t save the bees: better to plant flowers

March 4, 2016
55 Comments
5 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
pollen

Collecting pollen from honey bees

February 29, 2016
38 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
parasites

Kairomones and honey bee parasites

February 27, 2016
16 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honey bee behavior

Honey bee pheromones: common scents

February 23, 2016
31 Comments
5 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
wintering

IR and hive maintenance: what glows?

February 20, 2016
20 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
wintering

Thermal images of winter bees

February 14, 2016
16 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
publications

Book review | Two Million Blossoms

February 12, 2016
20 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
varietal honey

Lavender honey from the source

February 9, 2016
19 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
beekeeping equipment

Keep honey bees dry and draft free

February 3, 2016
43 Comments
5 min read
The fabric of my camo bee suit.
bee stories

How I came to have a camo bee suit

January 30, 2016
14 Comments
6 min read
feeding bees

A hive population wake-up call

January 28, 2016
52 Comments
5 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
beekeepers

So you want to be treatment free

January 26, 2016
40 Comments
5 min read
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