The Beekeeper’s Companion Since 1861

The Classroom – August 2025

The Classroom - ABJ - Jamie Ellis

Fat Bees and Colony Survival

The Dirty Business of Eradicating Honey Bee Colonies

A Swarm Entering Two Bait Hives: It Happened Again

Why Microplastics Might be Bad for Bees

Letters to the Editor – August 2025

Frame from a hive with a patch of of purple honey among the lit colored honey,

VERMONT BEE EXPERT ELECTED PRESIDENT OF APIARY INSPECTORS OF AMERICA

Photo of Brooke Decker, who has been elected President of the Apiary Instructors of America. She is smiling at the camera while holding a sign that details an Apiary Program.

RESEARCH BRIEF: VIRUS TRANSMISSION BETWEEN BEE SPECIES DOES NOT LEAD TO NEW VARIANTS

Contents – August 2025

ABJ AUGUST 2025 COVER

American Bee Journal Volume 165, No. 8 August 2025 Cover. Call-outs: Bread for Bees and People - 853, Ants and the Beekeeper - 909. The Magic of Honey - 919 Cover depicts a little boy dressed in a beekeeping suit holding a smoker and a hive tool, sticking his tongue out at the camera. Yellow hive boxes can be seen in the background on either side of the boy.

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