Table of Contents
JUNE 2017
International Honey Market
Ron Phipps………………………………………………………………………………….597
The Varroa Problem—Part 8—Regulatory Cascades, Varroa Tolerance, and a Moon Shot
Randy Oliver………………………………………………………………………………613
Honey Bee Nutrition—Part 2
Dale Hill……………………………………………………………………………………..631
Hive Maintenance as an Athletic Event
Jessica Kern…………………………………………………………………………………635
When Is a Colony Worth Saving? Beekeeping Finance
David MacFawn and Jack Elliot……………………………………………………………645
Business Insurance Issues for the Professional Beekeeper
Rich Schell…………………………………………………………………………………….649
The Honey Bee Diversity Dispute
Alison McAfee…………………………………………………………………………………653
Strategies for Small-scale Queen Breeders to Improve Queen Quality
Thomas Repas…………………………………………………………………………………657
A Backyard Beekeeper Learns Queen Rearing from Commercial Beekeepers
Tina Sebestyen…………………………………………………………………………………663
Beekeepers and Museum Collaborate for the “Honey Harvest”
Michele Colopy, Karen Dewhirst and David Reed………………………………………….669
New Jersey’s Rick Hoglen Strives for Certified Natural Beekeeping
Cecil Hicks……………………………………………………………………………………..673