USDA to Provide $4 Million for Honey Bee Habitat

Posted January 1, 2015

USDA to Provide $4 Million for Honey Bee Habitat

Announcement Builds on Previous Investment in Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin WASHINGTON, Oct.29, 2014 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that more than $4 million in technical and financial assistance will be provided to help farmers and ranchers in the Midwest improve the health of honey bees, which play an important …

Posted January 1, 2015

A Monk in the Bee Hive

A Monk in the Bee Hive weaves together the threads of nature and spiritual practice, sitting, silence and the sound of bees. Beekeeping and monasticism have for centuries been partners, and here this ancient practice continues, combining the mystery of the soul with the magic of the hive. Skye’s story brings sweetness and simplicity into our …

Posted January 1, 2015

January 2015 Cover

A giant open-air colony with Bob van der Herchen standing beside it (copyright Bob van der Herchen). Bob operates a bee removal service in Florida. Read more about “Bizarre Nesting Sites of Honey Bees” in Robert Weast’s article in this issue beginning on page 37.

Posted January 1, 2015

Other Members of the Fagaceae

The beeches Scientific name: Fagus sp. There are two monoecious1 species of Beech in the U.S. that are common and look much alike (Fagus grandifolia and Fagus sylvatica). F. grandifolia is native to North America and F. sylvatica is native to Europe. The two are quite similar in appearance except that the leaves of F. sylvatica are frequently a bit shorter than those of F. grandifolia (2 …

Posted January 1, 2015

January 2015 Table of Contents

Bizarre Nesting Sites of Honey Bees Robert Weast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

Posted October 1, 2012

Beer, Brats, and Bees: When Beekeepers Come to Visit

Pittsburgh, PA, beekeeper Steve Repasky and I met when I was teaching a Queen Rearing class in Maryland in 2011. He is passionate about learning everything he can about raising queen bees, with the objective of producing queens in an urban setting in the city of Pittsburgh. A Penn State graduate in wildlife biology, Stephen …

USDA to Provide $4 Million for Honey Bee Habitat

Posted January 1, 2015