Table of Contents

Contents-June 2023

THE CLASSROOM
Jamie Ellis – 597

BEEKEEPING BASICS
Responding to Disease in Honey Bee Colonies
Tina Sebestyen – 603

Organic Colony Management: Chemical varroa products approved for organic use
Selina Bruckner, Laura C. McHenry, Robyn M. Underwood, Margarite M. López-Uribe – 607

A Surprising Finding About Bee Venom
Randy Oliver – 611

The Beehive Apothecary: Can flowering herbs help to keep honey bees healthy?
Ed Szymanski – 615

A Tree Beekeeper’s Thousand-year-old Hive
M.E.A. McNeil – 619

BEES AND BEEKEEPING, PAST AND PRESENT
Small Hive Beetle Larvae Found on the Bottom Board
Wyatt A. Mangum – 627

Divided to Endure
Bill Kaufman – 634

Africanized Bees in the United States, Part 2: How far will they go?
Dewey Caron – 637

Does Local Adaptation Include Size?
Derek Morville Mitchell – 643

THE CURIOUS BEEKEEPER
A Lousy Topic and a Word of Warning
Rusty Burlew – 645

A Brief Discussion on Bee Removal Fee Structure
Richard Dunnagan, with Michael Hanan – 651

Tropilaelaps mercedesae and the Risk of Rapid Spread in Honey Bee Colonies Through Swarming
Katy Alivraz – 655

PLAIN TALK BEEKEEPING
Beekeeping Misinformation
James E. Tew – 659

A COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVE
Who Benefits From the Honey Board?
Charles Linder – 663

Industry Bits and Pieces 2026, Part 1
Randy Oliver – 667

A History of Bees in Space
Gavonna Fore – 673

A Beekeeper’s Journey: Celebrating community
Doug Galloway – 675

When Birds Teach Humans How to Talk to Bees
Samuel Peters -681

Beekeeping at Citrus County Mosquito Control District: An Update
Tarolyn Frisbie – 685

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