This Issue
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
- Miss Bee Haven" A Bee-utiful Work of Art in the
UC Davis Honey Bee Garden
Kathy Keatley Garvey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .909 - American Bee Journal Editor - G.H. Cale, Sr.
M.G. Dadant and Roy A. Grout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .915 - Adulteration of Honey and Pure Food Legislation
Frank C. Pellett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .917 - Thank You for the Bees
Eugene Makovec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 925 - Visiting Vintage Americana's Beekeeping
Charles and Karen Nielsen-Lorence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .926 - Living With 15 Billion Snake River Bees
Cecil Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .929 - Growing Lavender and Making Delicious Honey in Southern France
Michel Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .933 - North Carolina - A Successful State Meeting
Kirsten Traynor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .937 - Marla Spivak - Getting Bees Back on Their Own Six Feet - Part 2 of 2 Parts
M.E.A. McNeil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .949 - Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project
- Breeding a Better Bee: A Promise Unfulfilled - So Far
Nick Calderone and Steve Sheppard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 955 - Beekeeping Behind Bars
Sam Hapke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957 - Washington State Prisoners Learn the Essentials of Beekeeping in
Prison Bee Program
Daniel Travatte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .959 - Honey Bees of Borneo: Exploring the Center of Diversity-A Book Review
Randall Hepburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .963 - Sick Bees - Part 3 - The Bee Immune System
Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 967 - Bee Pastures: Flora Havens Where Pollinators Can Prosper
Marcia Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973
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
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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
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May 2010
American Bee Journal Editor-George W. York
M.G. Dadant and Roy A. Grout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439Importation of New Races of Bees
Frank C. Pellett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443Growing Into Commercial Beekeeping
Blake Shook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455The Primer Pheromones and Managing The Labor Pool-Part II
Randy Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463The Mystery of the Hive-Whispers in the Dark-Part One of Three Parts
Peter Loring Borst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .467How to "TALK BEE" with Children-The Honey Bee Project
Debra Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471Beekeeping in Southeast Georgia Where Comb Honey Reigns
Cecil Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475Rafter Beekeeping in Borneo
Stephen Petersen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479Managed Pollinator Coordinated Agricultural Project-Pesticides
Applied to Crops and Honey Bee Toxicity
M. D. Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485Apicultural Research-Mite-Away Quick Strips Mid Honey Flow
Efficacy Trial
Dwayne Mitchell and David VanderDussen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487Proceedings 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 BoosterTM
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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- 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
