May 2012

• U.S. Honey Production Down 16 Percent in 2011
  USDA  ..................................................................................................... 437
• The Nation’s Best Bee Ordinance!
  Jeanne Hansen  ......................................................................................  447
• A New Trend Is Blooming
  Howard Scott  .........................................................................................  457
• When Good Bees Go Bad!
  T’Lee Sollenberger .................................................................................   461
• Nebraska’s Cornhusker Fans Enjoy Football and Honey
  Cecil Hicks .............................................................................................   467
• “It’s Not About the Bees”
  Mike Wiltse ...........................................................................................   471
• The First Top Bar Hive with Fully Interchangeable Combs
  Georgios Mavrofridis and Ioannis Th. Anagnostopoulos ......................   483
• Steve Sheppard: Genealogy Toward a Better Bee—Part II
  M.E.A. McNeil .........................................................................................   487
• Sick Bees—Part 18—Colony Collapse Revisited
  Randy Oliver .........................................................................................   493
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project—Sunlight, Water
  and Nosema Spores
  Thomas C. Webster ................................................................................   501
• Pacific Northwest (PNW) 2011 Beekeeper Pollination Survey
  Dewey Caron and Ramesh Sagili ..............................................................   503
• Where Science and Intuition Unite—An Exposé on Sensei Voyce
  Durling-Jones and HoShinDo—Japanese Meridian Apitherapy
  Melanie Kirby .........................................................................................   509
• The Hive Culture Exhibit: An Excursion into the Bronx for Modern Bee Art
  William Blomstedt ..................................................................................   513

April 2012

• Bee Informed Survey
  Bee Informed  .........................................................................................297
• International Honey Market
  Ron Phipps  ...........................................................................................  311
• 2012 Almond Pollination Update
  Randy Oliver  .........................................................................................  315
• How I Conduct A Honey Bee Educational Seminar
  Don Snoeyink ........................................................................................   335
• Michigan Family Enjoys the Challenges of Commercial Beekeeping
  Mary and Bill Weaver .............................................................................   339
• Texas Raw Honey Company: A Study in Small Scale Distribution
  T’Lee Sollenberger ................................................................................   345
• Northeastern Kansas Beekeepers Where Volunteerism Reigns
  Cecil Hicks ............................................................................................   355
• A Honey-Pricing Issue
  Howard Scott .........................................................................................   359
• The Sticky Subject of Propolis
  David Burns .........................................................................................   363
• Steve Sheppard: Genealogy Toward a Better Bee
  M.E.A. McNeil .........................................................................................   365
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project—The First
  Two Years of the Stationary Hive Project: Abiotic Site Effects
  Francis Drummond, Kate Aronstein, Judy Chen, James Ellis, Jay Evans,
  Nancy Ostiguy, Walter Sheppard, Marla Spivak, Kirk Visscher......................   369
• Sick Bees —Part 17B—Nosema-The Smoldering Epidemic
  Randy Oliver .........................................................................................   375
• Former President of Ukraine Visits Utah Beekeeper
  Dean Draper ...........................................................................................   381
• Gathering Honey and Keeping Bees in Mali: The Old Way
  Jerry McGahan   ...................................................................................... 383
• El Rey y las Reinas: A Day With a Chilean Queen Breeder
  William Blomstedt .................................................................................... 387
• Proceedings of the American Bee Research Conference .................................... 399
  

March 2012

• International Honey Market
  Ron Phipps................................................................................ 211
• Making & Using a Double Screened Division Board
  T’Lee Sollenberger .................................................................... 219
• Queen Rearing—A few Simple Principles
  Jerry Freeman .......................................................................... 223
• Bee Art:  An Art Studio in a Beehive
  Stan Moulton ............................................................................ 227
• Raising Bee on the Rainy Oregon Coast
  Cecil Hicks ................................................................................ 231
• Dewey Caron, Bee Preacher
  Mea McNeil ............................................................................... 245
• What Is Pollen and Why Do Bees Like It?
  Peter Borst ............................................................................... 251
• Honey Bee Colony Mortality—Survey of Beekeepers in
  the Pacific Northwest
  Dewey Caron and Ramesh Sagili ............................................. 257
• Sick Bees—Part 17A—Nosema—The Smoldering Epidemic
  Randy Oliver ............................................................................. 263
• “Fried Eggs” Identified!
  Randy Oliver ............................................................................. 269
  

February 2012

• A Serendipitous Collection of Beekeeping Memorabilia
  Karen Nielsen Lorence………………………………………………………………125
• Tax Time Again—Are you a Hobby or a Business?
  Howard Scott………………………………………………………………………….135
• Extra! Extra! Get Your Free Pollen Here!
  T’Lee Sollenberger……………………………………………………………………137
• Meet Me at the Fair’s Bee Booth
  Cecil Hicks……………………………………………………………………………..141
• Clan Apis: A Comic Book Biography of a Honey Bee
  M.E.A. McNeil…………………………………………………………………………145
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project—Honey Bee
  Genetic Diversity and Breeding—Towards the Reintroduction of
  European Germplasm
  Walter S. Sheppard……………………………………………………………………155
• Chemical/Miticidal Warfare
  Don Jackson……………………………………………………………………………161
• Sick Bees—Part 16—The “Quick Squash” Method
  Randy Oliver…………………………………………………………………………..167

January 2012

• International Honey Market
  Ron Phipps………………………………………………………………………………23
  
• Astrid Goes to Congress—Illinois Beekeepers Overturn Oppressive
  Health Department Rules on Local Honey Sales
  Karen Nielsen Lorence…………………………………………………………………27
  
• Strong Hive Strategizing
  Howard Scott……………………………………………………………………………35
• Newbees, Bee-Ware!
  Anne Frey……………………………………………………………………………….41
  
• Lotion Bar Primer
  T’Lee Sollenberger……………………………………………………………………..47
  
• Spring Valley Honey Farms—One of the Hawkeye State’s Finest
  Cecil Hicks………………………………………………………………………………55
  
• Beeconomy—What Women and Bees Can Teach Us about
  Local Trade and the Global Market
  M.E.A. McNeil…………………………………………………………………………..59
  
• Sick Bees—Part 15—An Improved Method for Nosema Sampling
  Randy Oliver……………………………………………………………………………65
  
• How I Saved My Bees
  Don Jackson……………………………………………………………………………..73
  
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project—The Managed
  Pollinator CAP after Three Years:  Highlights and Emerging Trends
  Keith S. Delaplane………………………………………………………………………77 

 December 2011

• Colonization, Impact and Control of Africanized Honey Bees in
  Mexico-Research Review
  Peter Loring Borst..............................................................................1119
• International Honey Market
  Ron Phipps.......................................................................................1131
• Principles for Pricing Local Honey
  Larry Clamp.....................................................................................1139
• Quick Beeswax Gifts for Holiday Giving
  T'Lee Sollenberger..............................................................................1141
• Missouri Mini-farm Provides Bee Tour at Walk-About Acres
  Cecil Hicks.......................................................................................1145
• Successful Ontario Bee Observatory and Forum
  Tom O'Brien.....................................................................................1149
• Sick Bees-Part 14-An Update on the "Nosema Cousins"
  Randy Oliver....................................................................................1153
• Gregor Mendel's Beehives
  Gene Kritsky.....................................................................................1169
• Nordic Bistro
  T'Lee Sollenberger..............................................................................1173
• Outdoor Art Galleries: Painted Beehive Front-boards of Slovenia
  William Blomstedt..............................................................................1179
• Winter Reading-Fiction About Bees and Beekeepers
  M.E.A. McNeil..................................................................................1183
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project-Nest Location in
  Bumble Bees:  Effect of Landscapes and Insecticides
  Anne L. Averill.................................................................................1187

November 2011

• International Honey Market
      Ron Phipps ............................................................................................. 1029
• Hurricane & Tropical Storm Cause Beeyard Flooding in Several
      Eastern States
      Mary and Bill Weaver .............................................................................. 1031
• Measuring Profitability When Selling Your Honey
      Howard Scott    1041
• Alberta’s Wild Rose Country Where Bees and Prairies Merge
      Cecil Hicks .............................................................................................. 1043
• Quick Honey Sweet Holiday Gifts
      T’Lee Sollenberger .................................................................................. 1051
• Giving Back to the Bees: Volunteer For Projects Close to Your Heart -
      Part Two of Two Parts
      M.E.A. McNeil .......................................................................................... 1055
• My Experience with Hatian Beekeeping
      Rob Horsburgh ........................................................................................ 1061
• Starting Young—New Jersey Beekeeping Goes Commercial at Age 16
      Mary and Bill Weaver .............................................................................. 1063
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project—An update on
      bee breeding efforts in Indiana—Breeding for resistance to Israeli
      Acute Paralysis Virus
      Greg Hunt, Dave Shenefield, Krispn Given & Jennifer Tsuruda ................. 1075
• Sick Bees - Part 13 - Simple Microscopy of Nosema for Beekeepers
      Randy Oliver ........................................................................................... 1079
• Nozevit Aerosol Application for Nosema ceranae Disease Treatment
      Ivana Tlak Gajger .................................................................................... 1087
• Les Eccles: New Leader of  OBA Technology Transfer Program
      Tom O’Brien ........................................................................................... 1091
• The AŽ Hive: A Look at a Lost Cousin
      William Blomstedt ................................................................................... 1093
  

October 2011 Contents

•  Beekeeping & Other Trials of Married Life
   Robert Owen .................................................................................................... 919
  
• Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery Shelves
  Andrew Schneider ............................................................................................. 933
  
• Seven Beginner Mistakes
  Howard Scott ..................................................................................................... 947
  
• Spotted Duck Apiary:  Selling Honey with “Terroir”
  Kristina Strain .................................................................................................... 949
• Montana’s Glacier County Bees Are Abuzz in the Shadows of Glacier National Park
  Cecil Hicks .......................................................................................................... 951
• Drought Relief: Helping Your Bees Survive!
  T’Lee Sollenberger ............................................................................................. 957
• Coconut Oil as a Varroa Control?
  Jerry Hayes ........................................................................................................ 961
• The Rules Redux
  Randy Oliver ....................................................................................................... 969
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project—Miticide and Fungicide Interactions
  Reed M. Johnson ................................................................................................. 975
• New Bee Disease Research Laboratory Opens in Montreal
  Tom O’Brien ........................................................................................................ 979
• Giving Back to the Bees:  Donate to Projects Close to Your Heart—Part I of Two Parts
  M.E.A. McNeil ....................................................................................................... 981
• Beekeeping in the Sultanate of Oman (Part II—Apis florea)
  Stephen Petersen................................................................................................. 987
• The Poetry of Agriculture:  Looking at the Culture of Beekeeping and Honey Bees in Slovenia
  William Blomstedt ............................................................................................... 993

September 2011 Contents

•  Sweet Beginnings
  Charles and Karen Nielsen Lorence ..................................................................... 821
• Feeding Basics
  Roy Hendrickson .................................................................................................. 837
• An Early Summer Test of Mite-Away Quick Strips™
  Randy Oliver ........................................................................................................ 841
• How My Club Fell Apart (Does This Sound Familiar?)
  Howard Scott ....................................................................................................... 851
• One Man Show: Last Act? California Extension Apiarist Eric Mussen
      - Part Two of Two Parts
  M.E.A. McNeil ....................................................................................................... 853
• Sick Bees—Part 12—Varroa Management—Getting Down
      to the Brass Tacks
  Randy Oliver ....................................................................................................... 859
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project—Effects of
      Nosema on Honey Bee Behavior and Physiology
  Zachary Huang .................................................................................................... 871
• Beekeeping in the Sultanate of Oman
      (Part 1- Apis mellifera yemenitica)
  Stephen Petersen ............................................................................................... 875
• The Xerces Society’s Pollinator Conservation Planning Short Course
  Melanie M. Kirby ................................................................................................. 881
• Bitterweed Honey
  Donald Steinkraus .............................................................................................. 887
• One Man Show: California Extension Apiarist Eric Mussen—Part One
  of Two Parts
  M.E.A. McNeil ...................................................................................................... 788

August 2011
Contents

• Our Daddy's Beehives
  Connie Collins Molloy 721
• International Honey Market
  Ron Phipps 733
• Tsunami of Indian (Chinese) Honey Now Arriving on U.S. Shores
  Threatens to Drown Rebounding U.S. Honey Market-Editorial . . . . . . . . . . 737
• Queen Bee Honey Products, LLC-Massachusetts Beekeepers
  Develop Thriving Business with Their Hive Products
  Howard Scott   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745
• Reversal of Misfortune
  T'Lee Sollenberger  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749
• Sick Bees-Part 11-Parasite Monitoring
  Randy Oliver  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .753
• The Bee Disease Diagnostic Service-100 Years and Growing at the
  USDA Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland
  I. Barton Smith, Jr. and Jeffery S. Pettis  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .767
• Silk, Pasteur and the Honey Bee-The Story of Nosema Disease
  Peter Loring Borst  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .773
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project-Pesticides and
  Their Involvement in Colony Collapse Disorder
  Jim Frazier, Chris Mullin, Maryann Frazier and Sara Ashcraft  . . . . . . . . 779
• Honey Bees Know When and Where to Forage-How the Genome
  Helps to Orchestrate Behavior
  Nick Naeger  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .785
• One Man Show: California Extension Apiarist Eric Mussen-Part One
  of Two Parts
  M.E.A. McNeil  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788

July 2011
Contents

• Enforcing America's Trade Laws in the Face of Customs
   Fraud and Duty Evasion
   American Honey Producers Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
• The "Rules" for Successful Beekeeping
   Randy Oliver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
• Honey Bee Colony Behavior-Observations,
   Causes and Results-Part 3
   James C. Bach. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668
• Cultivating Honey Sales Without Going Out of Your Way
   Howard Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
• The Cold Spring Harbor Lab Hosts the Second Meeting
   on Honey Bee Genomics & Biology
   Peter Loring Borst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673
• The Bee Informed Partnership-A Vast Collaborative Effort to
   Find Out What's Up With the Bees and Your Bees in Particular
   M.E.A. McNeil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677
• Managed Pollinator Coodinated Agricultural Project-
   Assessing the Risks of Honey Bee Exposure to Pesticides
   Marion Ellis and Bethany Teeters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
• Student's Beekeeping Project Empowers Peruvian Indigenous Group
   Tara Laskowski. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 684
• Where in the World Is Nagaland? (And do they keep bees there?)
   Stephen Petersen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 686

June 2011
Contents

• Is Your Honey Green? New Natural Beekeeping Standards
   from Certified Naturally Grown
   Buddy Marterre and Alice Varon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
• Toronto Bees Fly High
   Hazel Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  561
• Tammy Horn and Coal Country Beeworks
   Jerry Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .565
• Sick Bees-Part 10-Pathogens and Plagues (Conclusion)
   Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
• Managing Varroa-Conclusion - Chemical-free Beekeeping
   Sylvia Feldman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
• Honey Bee Colony Behavior-Observations, Causes
   and Results-Part 2 - Conclusion
   James C. Bach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
• In Praise of Naturally Granulated Honey
   Howard Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585
• The Study of Pollen and Its Role in the Honey Market
   Stephen Petersen and Dr. Vaughn Bryant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
• Toxic House/Clean House
   M.E.A. McNeil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595
• In Her Majesty's Secret Service-Our Queen Breeding
  Philosophy and Methods at Zia Queen Bees
   Melanie M. Kirby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   601

May 2011
Contents

• A Portrait from the American West-Ron Fischer
  Charles and Karen Nielson Lorence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
• The Perfect Swarm-Part 2
   Peter Loring Borst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447
• African and African(ized) Bees Nesting in the Open
   David J. C. Fletcher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .453
• Urban Beekeeping Survival Guide
   T'Lee Sollenberger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
• The Art of Good Mentoring
   Howard Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459
• McRory and Spring Build Up
   Tom O'Brien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461
• No Graft Queen Raising
   Lewis Struthers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
• Honey Bee Colony Behavior-Observations, Causes
   and Results-Part 1 of 2
   James C. Bach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
• Sick Bees-Part 9-Pathogens and Plagues
   Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .471
• Managing Varroa-Part III-Broodnest Manipulation
   & Replacement Colonies
   Roy Hendrickson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .479
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project
   -Laying Groundwork for a Sustainable Market of
   Genetically-Improved Queens: The Bee Team
   Marla Spivak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .483
• American Beekeeping, As Told through the Life and
   Times of John Miller
   M.E.A. McNeil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .487
• One Man's Weed Is Another Man's Honey Plant
   Stephen Petersen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
• Proceedings of the American Bee Research Conference
   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

Contents

April 2011

• U.S. Honey Production Up 20 Percent in 2010
   USDA  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
•  The Perfect Swarm-Part One
   Peter Loring Borst  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
• How to Make a "Steinkraus-Morse Swarm Catcher"
  Don Steinkraus  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
• Making Slow Flow Comb Honey
   T'Lee Sollenberger  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
• My Solution to Winter Colony Losses and Poor
   Honey Production
   Craig Cella  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
• Managing Varroa-Part II-Selecting for Resistance
   and Queen Rearing
   Roy Hendrickson  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project
   -Genetic Toolkits for Bee Health
   Jay D. Evans  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
• Colony Losses Continue for MD/DE Beekeepers
   Dewey M. Caron  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
• Sick Bees-Part 8-Time for a Paradigm Shift!
   Randy Oliver  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
• A Short History of Pollination
   Peter Loring Borst  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
• Diana Sammataro: Curious, Adventurous,
  Tenacious Writer-Researcher
   M.E.A. McNeil  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375
• Wild Bees of Maui
   Cecil Hicks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
• Beekeeping in Paradise-An Adventure Into Honey Bees in Guam
   Adam Kokx  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
• U.S. Army Helps Build Beekeeping in Afghanistan
   Major Randall Gates  . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395

Contents March 2011

• Winter Visit - Poem
   Dick Marron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

• International Honey Market
   Ron Phipps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
• Become a Master Beekeeper-Part II
   M.E.A. McNeil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
• Dyce Lite Raw Honey Cream
   T'Lee Sollenberger. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
• Gourmet Bouquets in New Mexico- The Land of Enchantment
   Melanie Kirby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
• Why I Price At $7; One Beekeeper's Strategy
   Howard Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .260
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project- Best
  Management Practices (BMPs) For Beekeepers Pollinating
  California's Agricultural Crops
   Christi Heintz, Meg Ribotto, Marion Ellis and Keith Delaplane . . . . .265
• Sick Bees-Part 7-Trans Generational Immune Priming
   Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
• Managing Varroa - Part 1 - IPM Realities
   Roy Hendrickson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
• Pollen and Purity
   Kirsten Traynor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Contents February 2011

• Your Tax Obligations and Strategies
   Howard Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 133
• Become a Master Beekeeper-Part I
   M.E.A. McNeil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
• Miticides 2011
   Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
• Sick Bees-Part 6-Infection by Multiple Viruses
   Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
• America's Northernmost Beekeepers
   Stephen Petersen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
• The Quest for Anzer Honey-An Unguided
   Honey-tasting Tour Through Eastern Turkey
   William Blomstedt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
• Beehaven on the Golden Bay in New Zealand
   Kirsten Traynor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Contents January 2011

• Honey Trade in the 21st Century
   Ron Phipps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
• Winter Chores-Repair, Repaint, Review
   Howard Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
• The Dream Fulfilled
   Charles and Karen Nielsen Lorence  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
• Beekeeper Extraordinaire-Jim Coneybeare
   Tom O'Brien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
• Swarm Stories-To Bee or Not to Bee
   Bob Weast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
• Swarm Intelligence: How Tom Seeley Discovered Ways That Bee
   Colonies Make Decisions, Part II
   M.E.A. McNeil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
• World Varroa Challenge-Toulouse, France
   Dr. John Kefuss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
• Sick Bees, Part 5 - Multiple Infections
   Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
• Honey Bee Colony Mortality in the Pacific Northwest: Winter 2009/2010
   Dewey Caron and Ramesh Sagili  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
•  Visit With Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk and Bee Alert Technology:
   Looking at CCD, Pesticides and Landmines - Part II
   Malcolm T. Sanford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
• Mossop's Honey Shoppe: A New Zealand Family Business
   Kirsten Traynor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Contents December 2010

• U.S. Honey Imports Jump in 2010
  John Parker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1111

• Nicole Ulibarri Makes a Transition From CPA to
  Big Sky Beekeeper
  Cecil Hicks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1119
• In Honor of Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth's 200th Birthday
   Dec. 25, 2010 The Father of American Beekeeping
  Alymer J. Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1129
• Swarm Intelligence: How Tom Seeley Discovered Ways That
   Bee Colonies Make Decisions - Part I
  M.E.A. McNeil  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1133
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project -
  Microsporidia: Friend, Foe (and Intriguing Creatures)
  Leellen F. Solter  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1147
• Standardized Sampling Plan to Detect Varroa Density
  in Colonies and Apiaries
  Katie Lee, Gary Reuter and Marla Spivak  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1151
• Why Supplemental Protein Feeding Can Help Reduce
  Colony Loss
  Gloria Degrandi-Hoffman and Yanping Chen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1157
• A Visit with Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk and Bee Alert Technology:
  Looking at CCD, Pesticides and Landmines - Part I: Background
  and Historical Research Leading to Bee Alert Technology
  Malcolm T. Sanford   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1061
• Bromenshenk - A Discussion of the Recent Paper Linking a
  Virus and Nosema cerana to Honey Bee Colony Losses
  Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1165
• New Zealand Beekeeping at the Firth of Thames and the
  Bay of Plenty: Conversations with a Hobbyist and a New
  Commercial Beekeeper
  Kirsten Traynor  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1173
• A Bee Story From Africa- A Missouri Beekeeper Answers
  the Call For a  "Knight in Shining Armor"
  Gene Foley  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1177
  

Contents November 2010

• Sick Bees - Part 4 - Immune Response to Viruses
   Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1027
• The National Honey Bee Disease and Pest Survey:
   2009-2010 Pilot Study
   Robyn Rose, Jerry Hayes, Jeff Pettis, Dennis VanEngelsdorp,
   Karen Rennich, Rob Snyder, Michael Andee, Nishit Patel,
   Karen Roccasecca, Nathan Rice, Dawn Lopez,
   Jay Evans, and Vic Levi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1033
• The Birth of a Bee Museum
   M.E.A. McNeil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1037
• American Bee Journal Editor - Roy A. Grout and Editors to Date
   M.G. Dadant and Roy A. Grout  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1041
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project - Wild Bee
   Status and Evidence for Pathogen ‘Spillover' with Honey Bees
   Anna Morkeski and Anne l. Averill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1049
• Honeyville Offers Specialty Treats from
  "The Land of Elk and HoneyTM"
   Cecil Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1053
• New Zealand Beekeeping Conference
   Kirsten Traynor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1057
• A Bee Garden to Behold
   M.E.A. McNeil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1061
• The Beekeeper's New Clothes
   Howard Scott  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1071

Contents October 2010

Contents September 2010

• Theft Is Still Rare in Our Small Beekeeping Industry
  Nancy Gentry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  825
  
  
• American Bee Journal Editor—M.G. Dadant
  Roy A. Grout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831
  
  
• History of the Live Bee Trade
  Frank C. Pellett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .833
  
  
• An Open Letter to Honey Bees and Their Masters
  Robert D. Weast  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .845
  
  
• Geezer Tips
  Howard Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .847
  
  
• Global Honey Bee Decline and Its Effects onAgricultural Production
   Jerry Hayes . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .853
  
  
• Marla Spivak Getting Bees Back on Their Own Six Feet– Part 1 of 2 parts
  M.E.A. McNeil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .857
  
  
• S.W. Colorado—Home to Ancient Cliffdwellers, Mesas, and Bees
  Cecil Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .861
  
  
• Sick Bees – Part 2- A Model of Colony Collapse
  Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .865
  

Contents August 2010

• International Honey Market
      Ron Phipps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  731
  
  
• Schumer: NY’S Honey Industry Under Assault by
      Chinese ‘Honey Laundering’
      Maxwell C. Young. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735
  
  
• American Bee Journal Editor—Frank C. Pellett
      M.G. Dadant and Roy A. Grout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
  
  
• Pioneer Honey Producers
      Frank C. Pellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  739
  
  
• Langstroth’s Cincinnati Connection
      Gene Kritsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743
  
  
• Legal Honey Bees—New York City Bees and Beekeepers
      Come Out of Hiding
      Reinout van Wagtendonk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
  
  
• Bee—Up Very Close:  A Book of Electron Microscope
      Photos and How It was Created
      M.E.A. McNeil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .757
  
  
• The Secret Language of Flowers
      Peter Loring Borst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .761
  
  
• Sick Bees!
      Randy Oliver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767
  
  
• Managed Pollinator CAP Coordinated Agricultural
      Project—Honey Bee Nutrition
      Zachary Huang. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
  
  
• Locally Adapted, Varroa Resistant Honey Bees: Ideas From
      Several Key Studies
      Stu Jacobson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777
  
  
• Bidayuh Beekeeping—How Two Local Villages in Borneo
      Keep Bees and Harvest Honey
      Stephen Petersen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787

Contents July 2010 

• American Bee Journal Editor C.P. Dadant
   M.G. Dadant and Roy A. Grout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .637
  
  
• Migratory Beekeeping
   Frank C. Pellett  . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
  
  
• Swimming Pools-How Do We Keep the Bees Away?
   Thomas C. Webster  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
  
  
• The Mystery of the Hive-Part Three of Three Parts
   Peter Loring Borst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . .657
  
  
• Honeystix-An American Dream Is Still Alive
   Dewey M. Caron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
  
  
• Managed Pollinator CAP Coordinated Agricultural Project-
   Breeding Bees for Resistance to Parasites and Diseases
   Greg J. Hunt  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .667
  
  
• The Primer Pheromones-Reproduction and Survival-Part IV
   Randy Oliver  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .671
  
  
• A Test of Using Synthetic Pheromones to Initiate Midwinter
   Broodrearing
   Randy Oliver  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677
  
  
• A Legacy Blossoms in Vacaville
   Thomas M. Stockwell  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .679
  
  
• Beekeeping Along the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos
   Stephen Petersen  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .685

Contents
June 2010 

• American Bee Journal Editor-Dr. C. C. Miller
  M.G. Dadant and Roy A. Grout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551
• Rise of Commercial Queen Rearing
  Frank C. Pellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
• My Recipe for Successful Beekeeping
  Jerry Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .563
• The Mystery of the Hive-The Scent of the Lady-Part Two of Three Parts
  Peter Loring Borst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .571
• The Primer Pheromones and Managing the Labor Pool-Part III
  Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project-The Stationary
  Apiary Coodinated Agricultural Project: A View from the Front Lines
  Kerry Lynott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585
• Sticky Situations
  Howard Scott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587
• Bee Beards by John
  Dewey M. Caron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .589
• Wiregrass County Bees in Sweet Home Alabama
  Cecil Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .591
• Beekeeping in Rwanda - Apis in the Mist
  Stephen Petersen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 595

Contents

May 2010

• American Bee Journal Editor-George W. York 
  M.G. Dadant and Roy A. Grout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  439

• Importation of New Races of Bees
  Frank C. Pellett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443

• Growing Into Commercial Beekeeping
  Blake Shook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

• The Primer Pheromones and Managing The Labor Pool-Part II
  Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

• The Mystery of the Hive-Whispers in the Dark-Part One of Three Parts
  Peter Loring Borst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467

• How to "TALK BEE" with Children-The Honey Bee Project
   Debra Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

• Beekeeping in Southeast Georgia Where Comb Honey Reigns
  Cecil Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  475

• Rafter Beekeeping in Borneo
  Stephen Petersen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  479

• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project-Pesticides
   Applied to Crops and Honey Bee Toxicity
   M. D. Ellis  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  485

• Apicultural Research-Mite-Away Quick Strips Mid Honey Flow
   Efficacy Trial
   Dwayne Mitchell and David VanderDussen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  487

• Proceedings of the American Bee Research Conference  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497

  
  

Contents

April 2010

• Invention of the Honey Extractor
  Frank C. Pellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227 
• Record Poor 2009 U.S. Honey Production  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
• International Honey Market
  Ron Phipps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
• What Transshipped Honey is Doing to the U.S. Honey Market and
  What You Can Do About It!
  Richard Pasco. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
• American Bee Journal Editor-Thomas G. Newman
  M.G. Dadant and Roy A. Grout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333
• The Development of Wax Foundation
  Frank C. Pellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
• What's Wrong With My Brood?
  Dewey M. Caron. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
• Early Spring Flowers in Northwest Arkansas: The Excellent,
  the Good, and the Poor
  Dr. Donald C. Steinkraus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351
• The Primer Pheromones and Managing The Labor Pool-Part 1
  Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
• Proteins, Honey Bee Nutrition and Amino-B Booster^TM
  James W. Amrine, Jr, and Robert C. Noel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project-
  Nosema ceranae-The Inside Story
  Tom Webster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367
• Simple Small Hive Beetle Diagnosis
  Marc. O. Schäfer, Jeff S. Pettis, Wolfgang Ritter and Peter Neumann  . . . . . 371
• Nature Has All the Answers, So What's Your Question?
  Kirk Webster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .373
• Florida's Laurence Cutts Recalls His First 55 Years of Beekeeping
  Cecil Hicks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
• Trouble in Paradise: Varroa Spreads Across Hawaii
  Dr. Stephen J. Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
• Does Breeding in the Honey Bee Result in Higher Winter Losses?
  Prof. Dr. Kasper Bienefeld  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385
• A Network for Monitoring Honey Bee Mortality and Colony Losses
  in Italy as a Part of the APENET Research Project
  Franco Mutinelli, Fabio Sgolastra, Albino Gallina, Piotr Medrzycki
  Laura Bortolotti, Marco Lodesani and Claudio Porrini . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389
• Stalking the Giant Asian Honey Bee in Cambodia
  Thomas M. Stockwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
• Fireweed-A Premier (but fickle) Honey Plant
  Stephen Petersen and Dr. Vaughn M. Bryant  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .395

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March 2010

• American Bee Journal Editors W.F. Clarke and Ellen S. Tupper
  M.G. Dadant and Roy A. Grout    223
• Invention of the Honey Extractor
  Frank C. Pellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227
• International Honey Market
  Ron Phipps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
• Custom Labels for the Hobby Beekeeper
  Dewey Hassig. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
• Illinois Beekeepers Share Their Honey Show Secrets
  Charles and Karen Lorence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
• An Adaptable Workforce
  Randy Oliver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
• Beeologics and RNAi-The Future or a Dead End?
  Jerry Hayes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
• Honey Bee Colony Mortality in the Pacific Northwest:
   Winter 2008/2009
  Dewey Caron, Michael Burgett, Randal Rucker
   and Walter Thurman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
• Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project-Honey Bee
   "Medical Records"; The Stationary Apiary Monitoring Project
  Marla Spivak. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271
• A Scientific Note on the Occurrence of the Small Hive Beetle
   (Aethina tumida Murray) in Southern Quebec
  Pierre Giovenazzo and Claude Boucher. . . . . . . . . . . . . .275
• The History of Beekeeping in Alaska-Part 2 of 2
  Stephen Petersen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

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February 2010

• Samuel Wagner - The First Editor of the American Bee Journal
   Kent L. Pellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
• The Home of the Honey Bee Has Changed Over Time
   G.H. Cale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
• The Savvy Sideliner's Guide to Selling Honey
   Kirsten Traynor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
• Strategies to Lower Your Tax Liability
   Howard Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
• Managed Pollinator CAP Coordinated Agricultural Project:
   Sustainable Beekeeping
   Nancy Ostiguy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
• Survivor Drone Project-Dispersing Honey Bee Genetic Diversity
   Joseph S. Latshaw, PhD.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
• The Economy of the Hive, Part II
   Randy Oliver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
• Mortality in Tracheal-mite-infested Colonies and the Role
   of Thermoregulation
   John McMullan, PhD.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
• The History of Beekeeping in Alaska
   Stephen Petersen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
• Honey Production in Guinea - Part II - Bee Product Production,
   Processing and Marketing in Guinea
   Conrad Bérubé. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  177

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January 2010

• The Story of the American Bee Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
• Early American Beekeeping Literature
  M.G. Dadant  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   21
• International Honey Market
  Ron Phipps . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
• U.S. Pollination Markets: Recent Changes and Historical Perspective
  Michael Burgett, Stan Daberkow,
  Randal Rucker and Walter Thurman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
• Smart Marketing on a Shoestring: The Small-scale Beekeeper's
  Guide to Selling Honey
  Kirsten Traynor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  47
• The Beekeeper's Wood Shop: Empowering Women
  T'Lee Sollenberger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  53
• John Kefuss: Keeping Bees That Keep Themselves
  M.E.A. McNeil  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  57
• Managed Pollinator CAP Coordinated Agricultural
  Project: Detect Nosema Parasite in Time to Save Bee Colonies
  Katherine Aronstein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
• The Economy of the Hive
  Randy Oliver  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
• Moriha Yetter- Idaho Commercial Beekeeper
  Cecil Hicks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  71
  Honey Production in Guinea - Part I -Learning about Guinea Its
  People and Teaching Beekeeping
  Conrad Bérubé  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75

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December 2009

• U.S. Honey Markets: Recent Changes and Historical Perspective
  Stan Daberkow, Randal Rucker, Walter Thurman
  and Michael Burgett  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...1125
• Holiday Heritage - Fare with Birds & Bees
  T'Lee Sollenberger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1131
• Beekeeping for Beginners: Surprises of Spring
  Kirsten Traynor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1139
• Planting for the Honey Bees
  Craig Cella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .1145
• Managed Pollinator CAP-Coordinated Agricultural Project:
  When Varroacides Interact
• Reed M. Johnson .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .1157
• The Future: Pesticides and Fungicides
  Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1161
• Beekeeping in Michigan's Yooper County
  Cecil Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..  1165
• Swedish Scientists Have Solved Honey's Enigma
  Alejandra Vásquez, Tobias Olofsson and Diana Sammataro . . . . . . .. .1169
• Reports from Apimondia 2009 - The Biennial International Bee
  Conference at Montpellier, France
  Diana Cohn and M.E.A. McNeil  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .1173

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November 2009

• International Honey Market-Challenges and Opportunities
   Ron Phipps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .1035
• Beekeeping for Beginners: Winter Work
   Kirsten Traynor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1045
• The Learning Curve-The Future
   Randy Oliver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1049
• Apicultural Research-"Nozevit patties" Treatment of Honey Bees
   (Apis mellifera) for the Control of Nosema ceranae Disease
   Ivana Tlak Gajger, Oliver Vugrek,
  Ljiljana Pinter and Zdravko Petrinec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1053
• Managed Pollinator CAP-Coordinated Agricultural Project
   Keith S. Delaplane. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1057
• Family Reunion, How Old World Carniolan Stock May
   Enrich New World Descendants-Part 2 of Two Parts
   M.E.A. McNeil. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1067
• Creating A Bee Club Brochure
   Howard Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1073
• Managing an Observation Hive
   Jeff Murray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1075
• A Dream Realized
   Karen and Chuck Lorence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1081

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October 2009

• Florida's Honey Standard: The Gold Standard
  for the Nation
  Nancy Gentry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935
  
• Beekeeping for Beginners: Ready for Winter
  Kirsten Traynor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941
  
• Things We Need to Know About Small Hive Beetles
  Jerry Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  947
  
• Feral Bees, The Call of the Wild
  Robert D. Weast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955
  
• A Summer Tanger Eats My Honey Bees
  Dr. Donald C. Steinkraus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957
  
  
• The Future of the MN Hygienic Stock of Bees Is in Good Hands!
  Marla Spivak, Gary S. Reuter,
  Katie Lee, and Betsy Ranum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  965
  
• Family Reunion, How Old World Carniolan Stock May Enrich
  New World Descendants
  M.E.A. McNeil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 969
  
• Wyoming Honey Seasons Are Hot, Windy and Short
  Cecil Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 975
  
• A California Beekeeper Returns Down Under
  Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  984
  
• My Trip to New Zealand-A Nation of Friendly and
  Innovative Beekeepers
  Jerry Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 991