It’s been over six years (see April 2019) since we’ve run a non-honey bee on our cover, but this alfalfa leafcutter really caught our eye. It was provided by Shelley Hoover and Lynae Ovinge of Lethbridge, Alberta (Canada), to accompany Ali McAfee’s story about these bees, whose importance to the alfalfa and canola pollination is …
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Q: Methane bio-digester I am a hobbyist beekeeper and live in Missouri. [A renewable-energy company] is building a methane bio-digester plant about one-eighth mile (0.2 km) from my home. Right now, I have four hives at my home. I am wondering if you have ever heard of the effects of hydrogen sulfide on bees. I …
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With my historical apicultural work, sometimes I document the existence of old hives from supply catalogs, which is evidence they were actually sold and became a working part of our history, even if locally for a brief time. Beehive patents are an important information source too. For me, they have a theoretical component, telling me …
Read MoreSoon after the phrase “colony collapse disorder” appeared in the press, Americans became obsessed with honey bees and the human food supply. We like to discuss how many mouthfuls of food our bees pollinate and how fast we would starve without them. It’s true that much of our diet — shuffled around the globe in …
Read MoreI didn’t see this one coming Yes, I was blindsided by your responses to my recent article where I asked if any of you were still wiring and embedding the foundation in your frames. In a footnote, in the March 2025 issue of this magazine, I wrote: Personally, I wonder how many of you still …
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Bees don’t need a calendar to tell them that summer has arrived. The air is filled with the hum of bees leaving and arriving at hive entrances. Bees work from early morning to sundown, and are so busy that inspections can be done with little worry about angering them. It is after the nectar flow …
Read MoreWho lands first in a swarm? I was delighted to read Frank Linton’s article on bivouac traps, something I had not heard of, though I was not completely surprised given its long European history. I’m going to try it, and right now, it’s time! One question, or rather clarification — though swarms often choose the …
Read MoreSince 2005, the Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees has awarded scholarships to support graduate students in apiculture. Affiliated with the American Beekeeping Federation, the Foundation is a charitable organization focused on making funding available for research and educational endeavors within the beekeeping industry. It has benefited tremendously from many generous gifts, including the …
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Lucile Morehouse, 14 years old, from Choctaw County, Oklahoma, has created a 4-H environmental service project to help pollinators called Lucile’s Pollinator Project. She writes grants and receives donations, creates pollinator seed packets and gives them away for free. Her project has planted 100,188 square feet of pollinator seeds in 32 different states. These seeds …
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