by BeeQueen | Jul 25, 2012 | News
Every single one of you is capable of being a volunteer at our PWRBA Bee Outreach Booth. It is a great experience. Please see Gary’s message below and attachments. Contact him at garyhdc@gmail.com or 703-754-9263 NOTE we also need folks to help out with the...
by BeeQueen | Jul 24, 2012 | News
Fall Management is a critical task in the bee yard. The bees that emerge in September and October are the ones that raise the bees that are winter bees and carry your hives into the winter. Late summer and Fall collected pollen is critical to the health and viability...
by BeeQueen | Jul 16, 2012 | News
The Travelling Beehive is a new free illustrated book that examines in depth the importance of pollination for our current lifestyle. Halfway between literature and popular science, deeply documented, this book offers a didactic view of the activity of the domestic...
by BeeQueen | Jul 13, 2012 | News
Ever wonder what an extraction of a live colony from a house really looks like? This short video gives you a short but upclose view. Check it out http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/07/man-finds-50000-bees-inside-home/
by BeeQueen | Jul 13, 2012 | News
Scientists at Arizona State University recently discovered that when mature members of a hive assume the duties of younger bees, namely staying home and looking after the babies, they’re able to stave off the physical and mental effects of aging… Read more:...
by BeeQueen | Jul 5, 2012 | News
Beekeeper Education and Engagement System (BEES)- An online “Bee School” with Dr. Tarpey http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/entomology/apiculture/BEES.html
by BeeQueen | Jun 5, 2012 | News
Can Artificial Insemination breed better bees? Watch SARE collaborator and our regional breeder queen producer, Adam Finkelstein and Kelly Rausch of VP Queen Bees discuss it. Stick around to the end of the video to see two queen bees on the same frame- Mother and...
by BeeQueen | Jun 5, 2012 | News
The Honey Hunters of Nepal are some pretty impressive dudes! Check them out here: http://www.visualnews.com/2012/06/04/the-honey-hunters-of-nepal/
by BeeQueen | May 14, 2012 | News
Honey in the Heart ~ the stories of two local yogi beekeepers http://whiteflowerstudio.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/honey-in-the-heart-the-stories-of-two-yogi-beekeepers/
by BeeQueen | May 14, 2012 | News
Two views worth considering. What is to blame for recent bee losses? Pesticides? Mites? Both? Neither? Are more than pesticides killing our bees? http://home.ezezine.com/1636/1636-2012.05.07.16.37.archive.html Corn Plant Drift Killing Bees? ...