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Garden Plan for Pollinators

Design choices, plant selections, and maintenance practices can make a huge difference in creating your own healthy ecosystem.

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Save Time Building Frames Using a Jig

Winter is the time for a beekeeper to prepare for spring! Now is the perfect time to get a jump start on springtime preparations by building equipment like frames.

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Guidance on Buying Hygienic Bees 
February 1, 2023 · · Beekeeping 101

Add to Favorites Honeybees bred for various characteristics have fascinated beekeepers for decades. Bees can be bred for overwintering, honey production, gentleness, and even hygienic behavior.   The problem is that …

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The Unsolved Mystery: Washboarding Behavior in Bees
February 1, 2023 · · Beekeeping 101

Often observed at the entrance to hives, washboarding is a purposeful group behavior involving anywhere from a few to several hundred bees engaging in a swaying to-and-fro movement reminiscent of scrubbing clothes on a washboard.

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Eusocial Insects Meet Social Media

It’s the age of social media, and while TikTok dances and Snapchat filters are still taking the internet by storm, there’s something new causing a buzz — bees!

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Ask the Expert: Chlorine to Clean Hives

Add to Favorites Chris W. asks:  Can I use chlorine bleach to clean hives?  Rusty Burlew answers:  Beekeepers find many uses for chlorine bleach in and around hives. In its …

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Ask the Expert: Black Hive Boxes and Comb

Add to Favorites Chris W. asks:  My boxes look black, as do the combs that go in the boxes. Is this normal?  Rusty Burlew replies:  Within a winter hive, it …

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Honeybees and the Classroom
January 1, 2023 · · Hive Highlights

Add to Favorites Of all the creative applications for bees, one of the most exciting is bringing bees into the classroom — or rather, bringing the classroom out to the …

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Why Bees Matter: A Chef’s Perspective

Add to Favorites By Cappy Tosetti Nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina is the eclectic city of Asheville, known as a Mecca for locally sourced food and …

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Naturally Sweet: German Honey Cookies

Cooking with honey can be challenging in any recipe. German honey cookies were one of the more interesting learning curves.

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