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writing and blogging

Blog review | Botanical Accuracy

December 26, 2014
9 Comments
4 min read
writing and blogging

Happy Birthday, Honey Bee Suite!

December 23, 2014
37 Comments
6 min read
honey bee management

The bee year is about to begin

December 22, 2014
11 Comments
3 min read
honey bee nutrition

A crude post on crude protein

December 21, 2014
19 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honey production

Joe’s mysterious honey

December 17, 2014
35 Comments
5 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
English for beekeepers

Consider the honeybee bee

December 12, 2014
29 Comments
4 min read
beekeeping equipment

Don’t miss these photos!

December 11, 2014
6 Comments
2 min read
miscellaneous musings

Winter thoughts

December 10, 2014
12 Comments
2 min read
feeding bees

AFB-fortified pollen

December 9, 2014
7 Comments
3 min read
feeding bees

A shortage of pollen for bees

December 7, 2014
11 Comments
5 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
wild bees and native bees

A pair of bees

December 4, 2014
1 min read
Picture of bee-collected pollen pellets. Pollen substitute does not contain real pollen, but it contains the nutrients bees need.
feeding bees

Should I feed pollen substitute to my bees?

December 2, 2014
46 Comments
5 min read
honey bee nutrition

Plant a flower, answer a survey

November 28, 2014
21 Comments
3 min read
bee rescue

Wrapping a feral colony for winter

November 21, 2014
34 Comments
3 min read
To study how bees keep warm in winter, Bill Reynolds installed temperature monitors in three hives. Two hives contained bees and one was empty.
physics for beekeepers

The surprising way honey bees stay warm in winter

November 17, 2014
34 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
predators

Honey bee: It’s what’s for dinner

November 16, 2014
5 Comments
2 min read
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