By Chandra L. Mattingly Beelieve it or not, the sweetest part of beekeeping for most backyard beekeepers isn't the honey harvest. It's seeing that their honeybees have survived another winter – especially when the winter was like this last one! But folks who are interested in beekeeping as well as beginning beekeepers can get a…
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Have you tried this smoker fuel?
by Ginger Davidson www.GeezBeezHoney.com Wow, I just received 5 days of intense ‘bee therapy’. In this case, ‘bee therapy’ refers to spending time amongst a dozen or so Midwestern beekeepers at the Purdue University Bee Lab and being immersed in nothing but bees for those days. It was a beekeeper heaven. Our goal during this…
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SIBA Update for IBA 3rd Quarter Newsletter
Submitted by Tyson Hermes Our group has been busy sharing knowledge and tips of this wondrous craft, while developing deep rooted friendships and camaraderie, and introducing new beekeepers to local mentors. In fact it has now become Jim Orem’s opening of each meeting to get a show of hands of new beekeepers, ask where they…
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Of Bugs, Blooms & Vittles: Bunches of berries, blessings of bees
By Chandra L. Mattingly Is anything better than a ripe strawberry, warm from the sun? Ours started ripening in bunches just before Memorial Day weekend and already my fingers bear red stains. Yum! This is one of the fruits we wouldn't have were honeybees and other pollinating insects wiped out. We're still getting asparagus, too, and…
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