Feeding Honey Bees: What, When, Why?
Author: Heather Broccard-Bell, Ph.D., Honey Bee Health Researcher Feeding is one of those controversial honey bee topics that might best be avoided in polite company. A lot of different beekeepers have a lot of different (often extremely passionate) opinions. Some of...
Oh Honey, Honey: Considerations for New Beekeepers
Author: Heather Broccard-Bell, Ph.D., Honey Bee Health Researcher Humans have been gathering honey from honey bees in one form or another for millennia. For most of that time, “management” was as simple as harvesting honey from wild bee colonies wherever they could be...
What Makes Formic Acid So Special?
Author: Heather Broccard-Bell, Ph.D., Honey Bee Health Researcher Not all miticides are created equally—and no two apiaries are the same either. Yet, there are some common factors all beekeepers should carefully consider when deciding which product to use in their...
