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Honey bees do not return in the spring. An assortment of grren and yellow bee hives in an apiary.
honey bee management

Do honey bees leave in winter and return in spring?

April 4, 2013
39 Comments
3 min read
varroa mites

Outwitting the mites

April 4, 2013
28 Comments
4 min read
bee biology

Why do honey bees need fur?

April 4, 2013
6 Comments
1 min read
Bees and honey are popular wherever humans have roamed. Photo by David Hablützel
English for beekeepers

“Bee” and “honey” in 45 languages, just in case

April 3, 2013
10 Comments
1 min read
bee stories

Mentoring the mentor: bees behind bars

April 2, 2013
19 Comments
5 min read
honey

Does pasteurization of honey kill Clostridium botulinum?

April 1, 2013
29 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
diseases

Can humans catch bee dysentery?

March 31, 2013
13 Comments
1 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honey bee behavior

Why do my bees turn nasty when I kill them?

March 29, 2013
2 Comments
1 min read
Varroa mites can kill a colony, leaving nothing but honey
varroa mites

The reason mites kill bees leaving a hive full of honey

March 28, 2013
26 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
photographs

My first bee photos of the season

March 26, 2013
4 Comments
1 min read
honey

Does your honey have that new-car smell?

March 25, 2013
19 Comments
2 min read
Wheat is a grass, so it is wind-pollinated. No bees are necessary.
pollination

This is why honey bees never pollinate wheat

March 24, 2013
7 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
comb honey

Section supers will make you awesome quality comb honey

March 23, 2013
20 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bee biology

Is a honey bee a single-celled organism?

March 22, 2013
6 Comments
1 min read
comb honey

Excluding your queen . . . or not

March 21, 2013
14 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bee biology

Is Africanized honey bee venom more toxic?

March 20, 2013
5 Comments
1 min read
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