RENOWNED HONEY EXPERT C. MARINA MARCHESE BREAKS GROUND AS FIRST AMERICAN OFFICIAL INSTRUCTOR FOR ITALIAN HONEY SENSORY ANALYSIS

Posted September 1, 2024

RENOWNED HONEY EXPERT C. MARINA MARCHESE BREAKS GROUND AS FIRST AMERICAN OFFICIAL INSTRUCTOR FOR ITALIAN HONEY SENSORY ANALYSIS

Level 1 Honey Sensory Certification now available in the U.S. through The American Honey Tasting Society July 15, 2024, Weston, CT – C. Marina Marchese, master honey sommelier, author and founder of the American Honey Tasting Society, is now the first American to be recognized as an Official Instructor with The Italian National Register of …

Posted September 1, 2024

Contents-September 2024

Review and Critique of the Xerces Society Overview Report with Respect to National Forest System Lands. American Honey Producers Association – 937 Yellowjackets and Hornets: Why They are a Problem and How to Protect Y0ur Bees Stephen Martin – 941 What’s Blooming in Your Neck of the Woods? September Ed Szymanski – 947 Mohawk Valley …

Posted September 1, 2024

ABJ SEPTEMBER 2024 COVER

Hello there … This month’s cover features 5-year-old Finn Nelson of Grants Pass, Oregon. His dad, Tyler, is a second-year beekeeper. Finn and his sister Saylor have been enjoying peanut butter and honey sandwiches every day from this year’s harvest.

Posted August 1, 2024

The Classroom – August 2024

Q Is it okay to use “old” beebread? Here is a common scenario we have all encountered: You lose a hive or two over the winter and, while going through the deadout the following spring, encounter numerous frames of unused pollen and/or frames containing both pollen and capped honey or nectar. Can/should these frames be used …

An Andrena bee carrying pollen while crawling through pieces of mulch.

Posted August 1, 2024

Requiem for a Bee Buddy

Facebook ruined the word “friend.” It made friends inconsequential, such that only a loser has fewer than fifty thousand. It made friend into a verb, something you must do: “Please friend me today!” And Facebook made it seem logical to friend your urologist or defense attorney — the same people you cross the street to …

Posted August 1, 2024

Varroa Treatments that Work in Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer

I just returned to the USA from a lovely year-long sabbatical in Australia. It was a fairly dramatic year for Australian beekeepers; varroa invaded a few months before I arrived, the government innitially tried to eradicate the mite by euthanizing all hives discovered to be infested, then gave up and decided it was hopeless. In …

A blue background with 3 images that demonstrate swarm cloud coming to bait hives.

Posted August 1, 2024

Can Scout Bees Perceive the Amount of Comb in a Bait Hive?

As we know, bees and queens are becoming terribly expensive. In the spring, even after all the bee management to the contrary, a $150 swarm (the cost of a 3-pound package) could just fly away. Another disappointing loss is when a swarm leaves for the woods, taking a $30 queen with them. The sudden expensive …

The entrance to a bee hive painted white, with roughly a few dozen bees flying around, suggesting that the colony is weak.

Posted August 1, 2024

Late Summer Beekeeping

Modern basic beekeeping began with a book titled “A Practical Treatise on the Hive and Honey-bee” by L.L. Langstroth. Many of you will have heard something about the bee space for which Langstroth has been given credit. But this book really introduced methods on how to manage bees without great labor and effort. It opened …

Posted August 1, 2024

Summer Decisions that Affect Winter Management

Complaining about beekeeping — an unlikely art form Like so many beekeepers, I have become an expert at complaining. I can do it well and on short notice. I can complain on a variety of dissociated topics. It’s an acquired talent requiring years of beekeeping to achieve. “My bees died.” “Varroa is killing me.” “Insecticides …

Posted August 1, 2024

Letters to the Editor – August 2024

Schumacher article “inspiring” Really enjoyed Eleanor Shumacher`s article in the June ABJ. Her writing “gazing at the sky in awe as the sun drifted from curious crescent to celestial diamond” was inspiring, and queen status info very useful. Were it not for “moments when science and agriculture transect with wonder and whimsy” I probably would …

RENOWNED HONEY EXPERT C. MARINA MARCHESE BREAKS GROUND AS FIRST AMERICAN OFFICIAL INSTRUCTOR FOR ITALIAN HONEY SENSORY ANALYSIS

Posted September 1, 2024