OKLAHOMA YOUTH AMONG 2025 INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ECO-HERO AWARD HONOREES

Posted October 1, 2025

OKLAHOMA YOUTH AMONG 2025 INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ECO-HERO AWARD HONOREES

The state’s youngest 4-H State Ambassador wins global recognition. San Francisco – Today, Action for Nature announced that Lucile Morehouse, a 14-year-old from Boswell, Oklahoma, is one of 15 young environmental activists from across the globe to receive recognition in the 2025 International Young Eco-Hero Awards. Lucile received an honorable mention for the award, which …

Posted October 1, 2025

Contents – October 2025

David Miksa, Legendary Beekeeper and Queen Breeder Monica Miksa-King – 1061 Autumn Reads Rusty Burlew, Dewey M. Caron, Carol Hrosovszky – 1069 THE CLASSROOM Jamie Ellis – 1077 BEEKEEPING BASICS Stress Reduction Tina Sebestyen – 1083 Carbon Dioxide- Will it Kill Your Bees William Hesbach – 1087 How to Attract New Members and Retain Experienced …

American Bee Journal October 2025 Cover Volume 165, No. 10 Cover Callouts: Cyclops Bees! - 1125, How does OA vaporization work? - 1097, CO2 and bees - 1087

Posted October 1, 2025

ABJ OCTOBER 2025 COVER

What the heck? We leave it to the photographer Beth Conrey, of Berthoud, Colorado to explain: “This photo is NOT upside down – but the frame was, when the bees made it. This colony had been hit by a bear and the queen was killed. The bees made several queen cells on the upside-down frame. …

Posted September 1, 2025

The Classroom – September 2025

Q Do young bees learn from older bees? I was reading a book by Lars Chittka, “The Mind of the Bee,” that presents research on bee intelligence and learning. I received seven packages of bees from California this spring to my bee yard in Washington state. I began to wonder if these young bees might …

Posted September 1, 2025

The Dark Side: Plan now to cycle old comb out of your hives

Summer has flown, and it is September already! There are just a couple of jobs left to take care of in our hives this season. Here in Colorado, and in much of the lower 48, by October it will be too cold for the bees to repair the propolis seals if they are broken. Therefore, …

Posted September 1, 2025

Collective Motion: How Honey Bees Differ From the Rest

Last week, my neighbor’s boy, a precocious middle schooler with floppy blond hair and an obsession with action characters, told me lots of animals make swarms, not just honey bees. He made sure I knew about starlings and sardines, mosquitoes and wildebeests. As he segued into an inventory of LEGO pieces lost and never found, …

Feeds and Feeding by E.R. Root Cover. Cover is a yellow-gold color with the title, border around the edge and the bee illustration in red.

Posted September 1, 2025

Old Advice on an Old Topic From an Old Source

I recently came across a short useful booklet — “Feeds and Feeding” by E.R. Root,1 published in 1923. At the time, I suspect the little book was informative and helpful — though there was obviously no mention of corn syrup or artificial sweeteners. I hope I don’t need to say that this information is 102 …

Posted September 1, 2025

Toward a Super-attractive Bait Hive: Capturing Expensive Lost Swarms From the Apiary

To help beekeepers capture their lost (expensive) swarms, I have been investigating various practical ways to enhance the attraction of bait hives. I began with the amount of comb in a bait hive. The logic is, a bait hive with more comb allows the bees to store more honey for winter survival instead of converting …

Posted September 1, 2025

Letters to the Editor – September 2025

Long-Lived “Dead Colonies” The June article “How Long Does a Dead Colony Live?” [by Michal L. Smith] could not have been more timely for me. This spring I had a number of virgin swarms from my colonies after doing spring splits (note to self, it really is worth getting in there and reducing queen cell …

Posted September 1, 2025

AHPA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

From the American Honey Producers Association … Legislative Update Honey and Beekeeper Provisions in the July Reconciliation Bill: The Republican reconciliation bill [which passed Congress in July and was signed by President Trump] includes three key reforms directly affecting honey producers and beekeepers. These provisions aim to increase price support, clarify and expand disaster aid …

OKLAHOMA YOUTH AMONG 2025 INTERNATIONAL YOUNG ECO-HERO AWARD HONOREES

Posted October 1, 2025