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Bear Crossing sign: The county kept dropping hints, but I didn’t pay attention. Photo by Rusty Burlew.
apiary creatures

Black Bears Destroy a Beeyard

June 29, 2022
16 Comments
13 min read
stings

A beekeeper’s brush with disaster

June 22, 2022
59 Comments
8 min read
bee forage

Oregon Sunshine: shine a light on your pollinators

June 20, 2022
6 Comments
4 min read
bee biology

What are temporal castes in honey bees?

June 13, 2022
23 Comments
4 min read
queen bees

Make it easy to find your queen bee: never struggle again

June 5, 2022
15 Comments
7 min read
bee biology

Are you harassed by a single, ruthless bee?

May 29, 2022
46 Comments
5 min read
pollination

Two Pollination Myths You Shouldn’t Believe

May 19, 2022
13 Comments
12 min read
beekeeping equipment

Never lose your hive tool again

May 16, 2022
32 Comments
4 min read
Here, you can see larvae of different ages. The very youngest are the normal candidates for queenhood; older larvae produce intercaste queens.
queen bees

An intercaste queen stars in a class act of survival

May 5, 2022
25 Comments
5 min read
beekeepers

It’s time to soapbox the new beekeepers

May 2, 2022
38 Comments
6 min read
queen bees

A virgin queen’s fertility window

April 28, 2022
35 Comments
3 min read
bee biology

The many styles of bee sociality

April 21, 2022
7 Comments
17 min read
varietal honey

Spotted lanternfly honey: a gift to beekeepers or an enormous loss?

March 20, 2022
13 Comments
13 min read
wasps

When yellowjacket traps don’t work

March 3, 2022
23 Comments
4 min read
bee biology

Hey Bee, Stick Out Your Tongue and Say “Ahh” 

February 14, 2022
23 Comments
13 min read
pollination

The special way bees and flowers help each other

January 17, 2022
19 Comments
15 min read
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