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Category Archives: Beekeeping Information
Shout out to Baltimore Honey
Baltimore Honey is a community organization of urban bee keepers who have developed a CSA and market their own brand of micro-local honey. They’ve got an interesting web site that you should visit. http://baltimorehoney.org/ What do you think? Should our … Continue reading
Those Robbin’ Italian Bees
My daughter and I were watching the neighborhood bees clean the frames that I had just extracted honey from in our backyard in what really resembled a feeding frenzy. It reminded me of what you see when a hive is … Continue reading
David Hackenberg to speak at Honeyfest
Noted Pennsylvania beekeeper David Hackenberg will speak at the Circle of Hope movie event on Saturday evening during the Honeyfest. Mr. Hackenberg was the first US beekeeper to recognize and raise the alarm about Colony Collapse Disorder in the winter … Continue reading
Scientifically Proven at last – Urban Bees Kick Rural Bee Butt!
Well, actually they didn’t quite prove that. Here’s how they put it in the article: Urban bees fare better due to varied diet, research reveals Honeybees in towns and cities enjoy a more diverse diet than their rural counterparts because … Continue reading
An interesting take on CCD
Here’s an article about CCD that proposes that there actually is no such thing. Before you get upset, read it. Even Dennis VanEngelsdorp has pointed out that similar mass die-offs have happened in the past. The basic point of this … Continue reading
European Settlers Reintroduced the Honeybee to the New World
http://research.calacademy.org/files/Departments/scipubs/proccas_v60_n03.pdf
Notes from May Meeting
Vince Aloyo speaking at the Philadelphia Beekeepers Guild PBG General Meeting – 5-20-2010 Approximately 42 people in attendance Vince Aloyo is a long time beekeeper, Phd in chemistry and currently a PA State Bee Inspector. The Pennsylvania State Apiary Registration … Continue reading