International Honey Market Report
Ron Phipps – 23
Winter Reads
Dewey Caron, Frédéric Eggers de Villepin, Carl Hrusovszky, Julia Mahood, Tina Sebestyen – 29
THE CLASSROOM
Jamie Ellis – 37
BEEKEEPING BASICS
Invisible Bee Communication
Tina Sebestyen – 45
Vadescana: Using Synthetic Biology to Control Varroa
Bill Hesbach – 51
THE CURIOUS BEEKEEPER
Night Flight: A Beekeepers Guide to Zombie Flies
Rusty Burlew – 55
The Impacts of Pollen Trapping on Foraging Behavior and Honey Production
Kevin Dolan – 61
Selective Breeding for Mite Resistance
Part 5: It’s Your Turn!
Randy Oliver – 67
BEES AND BEEKEEPING, PAST AND PRESENT
Treatment of a Colony’s Resident Queen After an Influx of Foreign Bees
Wyatt A. Mangum – 73
Your Bees Are on a Diet
Alison McAfee – 79
Color, Antioxidants, and Honey: Perception Versus Reality
Patrick Krantz, Jessica Sarver, Emily Marchewski, Hannah Hunter – 83
A COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVE
Into the New Year
Charles Linder – 89
PLAIN TALK BEEKEEPING
Some Beekeeping Thoughts and Snapshots
James E. Tew – 93
Residues from Oxalic Acid Vaporization
Randy Oliver – 97
From Hiving to Homebrewing – A Modern Take on Mead
Kevin J. Gross – 105
Beekeeper-friendly Planting
Peter Smith – 111
