Contributed by J. Morgan The season sure has flown by for us in SE Indiana. It seems like just yesterday we were talking about putting honey supers on our overwintered hives. Since then, we've already pulled our honey harvests, and we've been on to mite management, apiary increase and making FAT bees for the upcoming…
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To bee or not to bee is question facing city dwellers
Bugs, Blooms and Vittles By Chandra Mattingly How much control should government – ANY government – have over individuals' lives and property? Local plan codes, ordinances and property association rules tell folks how far from property lines buildings must be, how many acres they must have to keep cattle, how large their houses must or…
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Drones: The Forgotten Bee – Drone Frame Trapping
By Ginger Davidson www.GeezBeezHoney.com Recently, I was selected and funded for a small research grant project to look at using drone frame trapping to control mites while raising those drones to maturity for mating purposes. Why in the world would you want to do this? Through a serious of small articles, you can follow my…
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SIBA Debuts at the Indiana State Fair
Contributed by J. Morgan Seven members of SIBA made an early morning trip to the Indiana State Fair on Saturday August 3rd. We first met at the Post road exit on I-74 just outside of the metro area, then caravanned to Gate 16 on the North West corner of the fairgrounds. John Miller and Jeff…
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