Heating hives in winter For more than 60 years, my work and passion have been dedicated to apiculture. During this long period, I have observed that the greatest challenge for many beekeepers is not honey production, but successful wintering of colonies. Three years ago I moved from Albania to the United States, mainly to the …
Read MoreInishturk Island, Co. Mayo, Ireland — March 23, 2026 A remote island community off Ireland’s west coast is set to become home to the country’s first dedicated native honey bee sanctuary, in a project aimed at protecting one of Europe’s most threatened pollinators. The initiative, approved by the Inishturk Community Development Company, will see the …
Read MoreWeb-based mapping tool for beekeepers, crop producers, and pesticide applicators WEST LAFAYETTE, IN (February 17, 2026) — FieldWatch, Inc., a nonprofit company that promotes communication and stewardship among crop producers, beekeepers and pesticide applicators, announces that Vermont has joined as the 32nd geography. Vermont joins FieldWatch along with 27 other states, three Canadian provinces and …
Read MoreWelcome Izzy Hill to the Project Apis m. Team! Izzy will be leading an exciting new program called the Bee Health Regulatory Consortium. Here are a few words from Izzy: “I am excited to be joining PAm and to help lead a new consortium focused on better addressing beekeeper needs, particularly access to affordable and …
Read MoreTHE CLASSROOM Jamie Ellis – 483 BEEKEEPING BASICS Do You Really Need a New Queen? Tina Sebestyen – 491 More Than Honey: AHPA Serves the Entire Beekeeping Industry Anne MArie Fauvel – 497 Would Your Eat the Same Thing Three Meals Per Day? Ed Szymanski – 499 PLAIN TALK BEEKEEPING Helping Thirsty Bees James E. Tew – …
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Emergent: The first drones of the season are a sure sign of spring – and a subtle warning that swarm season is just around the bend. Our May cover comes from the photographer Taylor Zadnik of Sharpshot (https://sharpshotphotos.mypixieset.com/) in Kitchener, Ontario.
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Greetings readers. I am trying something new in this month’s column. Increasingly, many of you are going to Large Language Models (LLMs) with your questions about bees. ChatGPT is one such LLM. I have seen colleagues and other authors compare how they would answer a specific question to how ChatGPT answers the same question. I …
Read MoreIn my youth, all honey came in a comb, something I never questioned. It wasn’t until I departed my Pennsylvania homeland that I discovered something amiss: Whenever I tried to buy honey, the good part was missing. For the life of me, I couldn’t understand why someone would separate honey from its cradle. Like waffles …
Read MoreIt may be tempting not to bother trying to control the swarming instinct, but there are some very good reasons not to allow swarms to “go to the trees.” First, for yourself … if your colony swarms, a good portion of your honey production goes with it. Even if you don’t care about honey, the …
Read MoreSneaking out of church When I was a little guy (but not real little), during winter months I would quietly leave the church service and take the back stairway to the dark, warm boiler room in the basement. There the custodian would be sitting near a large, dark, coal-heating boiler that hissed, thumped, and clanked. …
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