Encaustic Painting Makes Exhibit I’m pleased to announce that my encaustic painting that I did in March at the beginning of the pandemic was juried into the Knoxville Airport show. Out of 440 entries, only 43 were selected so it’s an honor. The piece is all encaustic which is beeswax and damar. The image below …
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Advised by: Dr. Jonathan B. Koch, United States Department of Agriculture and Joseph Wilson, Utah State University “There is a critical need to examine floral resource availability across public lands to identify the most appropriate composition of bee pasture for commercial honeybees and wild bees.” — Jesse Tabor Jesse is a graduate student at Utah …
Read MoreAdvised by: Leonard Foster, University of British Columbia “Collaboration is inextricably tied to beekeeping, you see it in mentorships in the way that knowledge is shared and passed down, and colleagues working together in the field …. and this much deeper sense of collaboration between the bees themselves …” — Abigail Chapman Abbi is in …
Read MoreNovember 2020 — Project Apis m. In the spirit of gratitude: We could not be more grateful for the outpouring of support to honor PAm’s founding leader, Christi Heintz, with scholarships for graduate students doing bee health research. We thank the donors who made this scholarship possible, along with additional funding from Costco Canada and …
Read MoreIn 2020 Consumer Survey, Honey Surpasses White Sugar for the First Time Longmont, Colorado, November 18, 2020 – The sweetener made by Mother Nature claims the number one spot among Americans as their most preferred sweetener. The ranking, revealed in the National Honey Board Consumer Attitudes & Usage Study 2020, asked consumers to choose their …
Read MoreWinter Reads: Book reviews Tina Sebestyen, Carol Hrusovszky and Eugene Makovec – 29 Honey Bees and Native Pollinators: Us vs. Them? Shannon Durham – 49 How to Keep Bees Away From Your (and Your Neighbor’s) Pool! Joe Conti – 57 Thaddeus Minor: Connecticut resident may have written the first New World beekeeping book Alphonso Avitabile …
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Winter yard, Atlantic Canada: Our beautiful cover photo was taken by Erin Carver as she was preparing her bee yards for the New Brunswick winter. This apiary is located in Hopewell Hill.
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Q Apivar’s shelf life Yesterday and again today, the bees on one of my hives covered the entire front from top to bottom in a heavy mass. Clear skies and 70 degrees. The hive consists of two deep supers and both are full of honey for winter. Also, after treating the bees with Apivar, I …
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Beginning in late June, well after our spring nectar flow, comes the time I call usurpation season. I stop the truck well away from my hives and walk slowly into my research apiaries looking down, searching. I keep the area clear around the hives so I can spot any unusual bee behavior –– especially on …
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Honey bees recognize their sisters because their gut microbes make them smell similar Serious question: If you close your eyes, can you imagine the smell of your brother, sister, mother or father? My guess is you probably can, even if it’s been a few years since you’ve thought about it. That’s because each of us …
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