Empowering Beekeepers
The Eastern Apicultural Society’s Annual Conference By: David Burns In my years as a beekeeper, I’ve attended quite a few conferences. But there’s one…
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Honey Recipe
Honey Cutout Cookies By: Laurie Lawrence Cookie Ingredients □ 2½ cups + 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour □ ⅔ cup corn starch □ 1 teaspoon…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Is vaccinating bees in our future? By: Becky Masterman & Bridget Mendel Feeling nostalgic for the days when the word “vaccination” was ubiquitous in…
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Saving Ukraine’s National Beekeeping Institute and Museum
By: John Gordon Sennett June 26, 2023 was a quiet cool day in Kyiv, Ukraine. No Air Raid sirens woke us in the middle…
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A Sting Operation at the Maine State Prison
By: Jane Dunstan Originally published in the August/September 2023 issue of The Bee Line While giving a tap room talk on honey bees for The Farmer’s Lyceum…
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Yellow-legged Hornet in North America
What does this mean for beekeepers? By: Gard W. Otis The Yellow-legged Hornet, Vespa velutina, has been discovered in the state of Georgia! This…
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The Quiet Evolution of Apiary Mowing
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A Doorway to Nature
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Found in Translation
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Bees and Women
Miss Lillian Love By: Nina Bagley Miss Lillian Love was born into a Quaker family in Marion, Indiana on October 24, 1880. Her family…
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Honey Recipe
Fresh Broccoli with Honey By: Fay Jarrett Ingredients □ 4 cups chopped broccoli □ ¼ cup honey □ 1 tbsp olive oil (tuscan herb…
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A Closer Look
Nestmate Recognition By: Clarence Collison Pheromones are involved in intraspecific chemical communication; however, the glands associated with compounds used in nestmate recognition in honey…
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BIP Livestream with David Burns
Looking for something to do Thursday, Sept. 14? Want to support BIP? Join BIP LIVE for an hour of enjoyable conversation with beekeeping YouTuber…
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Why Do Beekeepers Give Up?
By: Tina Sebestyen The bottom line answer to the question, “Why do beekeepers give up?” is: because their bees die, usually over and over….
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My Apiary Ecosystem
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Pure Honey?
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Found in Translation
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Honey Bees vs. Native Bees
By: Alyssum Flowers Instead of writing about a pollinator plant, I want to address the weary accusation that somehow honey bees outcompete native bees…
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Antibiotics, Disease Diagnosis and Artificial Intelligence
By: Kirk E. Anderson Researchers in Tucson, Arizona, are developing an AI-powered application to simplify and automate honey bee brood disease diagnosis and promote…
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The Tremble Dance
A Call for Help! By: Thomas D. Seeley For many years, I kept on the hillside above my little house outside Ithaca, New York,…
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