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Honey-and-comb
bee biology

Honey is not bee vomit

May 11, 2015
16 Comments
2 min read
swarming

Instant replay

May 7, 2015
23 Comments
2 min read
Queen-excluder-blocked-with-beeswax
how to

How to clean wireware

May 3, 2015
24 Comments
2 min read
Swarm-moving-in
swarming

Home is the bee, home from the tree

May 2, 2015
26 Comments
3 min read
Let's save the right bees. A Halictus bee cleaning its antennae.
wild bees and native bees

Let’s save the right bees

April 30, 2015
17 Comments
3 min read
Honey-bee-splatter-Kris-L
swarming

A pair of early swarms

April 28, 2015
14 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
queen bees

Queen piping: listen!

April 27, 2015
18 Comments
1 min read
Halictus-rubicundus-male-on-mint.jpg
pesticides

Neonicotinoids: euphoria then death for bees

April 24, 2015
22 Comments
5 min read
Top-view-of-slatted-rack-David-Manning
beekeeping equipment • how to

How to build a slatted rack

April 21, 2015
48 Comments
5 min read
Autumn-Joy-sedum-Marc-Balboa-4
bee forage

Photos of Autumn Joy sedum

April 21, 2015
8 Comments
2 min read
Autumn Joy sedum. Photo by Leonora Enking.
bee forage

Snack food for bees: Autumn Joy sedum

April 20, 2015
31 Comments
4 min read
Mysterious behavior
honey bee behavior

A beekeeping mystery

April 19, 2015
26 Comments
2 min read
Bee-u-tify-seed-packet
bee forage

Bee-u-tify flower seeds for bees

April 18, 2015
12 Comments
2 min read
Frame of bees vertical
honey bee management

My advice for new beekeepers

April 14, 2015
92 Comments
5 min read
Drop-straws-into-tubes
bee rescue • pollinator habitat

Do large tubes yield extra-large mason bees?

April 11, 2015
25 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
wild bees and native bees

Tiny bee loses her pollen

April 10, 2015
22 Comments
1 min read
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