Backyard Beekeeping April/May 2022

Backyard Beekeeping April/May 2022

Backyard Beekeeping
April/May 2022 — 2/2

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• From the Editor
• What’s the Buzz
• Photo Essay: Indigo Acres Apiary

Ask the Expert
~ First Mite Check
~ Feed Bees in Spring
~ Newly Installed Queen Cells
~ Spraying Dandelions
~ Keep Queen Form Leaving
~ Out of Birdhouse

Stories
• Dr. Sammy: Beekeeper, Science Communicator, and Your Friendly Neighborhood Entomologist
• Types of Comb and What They Tell Us About Our Bees
• Bees Are Friends: Teaching Children Not to Fear Our Pollinators
• Disability and Beekeeping
• Successful Hive Moves Hinge on Preparation
• Hive Highlight: Light a Smoker
• Natural Queen Rearing
• Strange Creatures
• Book Review: Wild Honey Bees, An Intimate Portrait
• Hive Highlight: 65 Pollinator-Friendly Plants Bees Love
• When “Honey-Colored” Means Blue
• Medicinal Uses of Bee Venom
• Bee Food or Human Food? Benefits of Eating Bee Pollen
• Hive Minds: From Beat Cop to Beekeeper, Meet Darren Mays

In Every Issue
• Beekeeping Calendar
• Just For Fun
• Hives to Follow