Packages
It’s no secret. A million, maybe more colonies that were alive last Thanksgiving aren’t alive today, the beginning of May. What happened? Lots of…
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Holding Yards
The Holding Yard Dilemma It’s no secret that holding yards are what make almond pollination possible. Holding yards? Unless a beekeeper is very, very…
Read MoreAll About Almonds…
I’ve mentioned that almonds are one of California’s biggest crops. Just so you know, here’s some more info that supports the fact that the…
Read MoreCatch Up With The Almonds
Almond Tuesday 1 Met with pollination broker Joe Traynor and USDA bee researcher Frank Eishen and others breakfast at 6:30 the first day in…
Read MoreAn Almond Odyssey…first steps.
An Almond Odyssey Are you familiar with the term Odyssey? Think back…didn’t it have something to do with some Greek guy, a long time…
Read MoreTasting Honey
I’ve been having the most remarkable conversations with very good honey tasters. I’ve been lucky with finding honey tasters lately. It started with Marina…
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The Auction…
I don’t like one of my neighbors very much. I don’t think you would either. His philosophy is that everything he wants to do…
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Kentucky Woman, and Winter
November…Early this month in Florida it was 80 degrees, sunny and honey bees were gathering pollen in the wild parts, and honey in the…
Read MoreThe Iowa Primary…
I just attended the 99th Annual meeting of the Iowa Honey Producer’s Association. They meet in Marshaltown every year at a motel large enough…
Read MoreGeorgia On My Mind…
I went to Georgia last week. That’s why I’ve been gone from here so long…I was having way, way too much fun. Actually, I…
Read MoreOn Golden Fields
Have you noticed the goldenrod bloom this season? With the exception of the extremely dry areas of the south, there seems to be much,…
Read MoreGeeze, it’s Hot
This isn’t too far outside the box. It’s from notes I made while in southern Missouri a couple of weeks ago, helping Michael put…
Read MoreNew Winter Thoughts – Honey Bee Management Changes?
Here’s an outside-the-box idea someone thought of, that we’ll have a lot more on once it gets reported on at Apimondia, I’m told. A…
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Infused Honey and the County Fair
Our Medina County Beekeepers Association runs a booth at the Medina County fair every summer. We’re pretty typical of most beekeeping groups when it…
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