Backyard Beekeeping Spring 2023

Backyard Beekeeping
Spring 2023
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
• From the Editor
• What’s the Buzz
• Photo Essay: 5R Farm
Ask the Expert
~ Dead Queen Landing Board
~ Using Drone to Find Swarms
~ Dead Bees in a Package — How Many is Too Many?
~ Which Bees are Attracted to Douglas Fir Sap?
~ Will a Swarm Survive Cool, Rainy Weather?
~ Black Boxes and Combs
~ Cleaning Hives with Chlorine
~ What Pollinator Would Be Good for a Botanical Garden?
~ Russian Honeybees
Stories
• Eusocial Insects Meet Social Media
• The Unsolved Mystery: Washboarding Behavior in Bees
• Guidance on Buying Hygienic Bees
• Short History of Beehives
• DIY Screened Inner Covers
• Hive Highlights: DIY Bee Hotel
• The Thrill of Beelining
• American Foulbrood Versus European Foulbrood
• Bee Soil Improvement
• Offer a Taste of Honey for a Real Buzz
• Weird Honey
• Hive Minds: The Lost Honeybees of Blenheim
In Every Issue
• Beekeeping Calendar
• Just For Fun
• Hives to Follow