The Peace Bee Farmer

  Heifer Ranch is a working ranch and agricultural demonstration farm at Perryville, Arkansas. This year I witnessed at the ranch how honey ...

The soybean is an important honey plant, but not all soybean varieties produce enough nectar to produce a surplus of honey. A beekeeper aske...

A new beekeeper attending an introductory course in beekeeping was surprised by the number of chemical treatments available for the beehive...

The beekeeper’s calendar follows the honey bee’s life cycle more closely than our calendar on the wall which is based on dates of the year. ...

The sight of purplish-red color splashed through the understory of the woods is a true sign of spring. Redbud trees are in bloom througho...

An observant Central Virginia beekeeper is identifying flowering plants in his area that are useful for producing nectar and pollen. There i...

Soybeans are in bloom throughout the Arkansas Delta. The soybean is a member of the important family of bee plants, the legumes. The legumes...

Agriculture is in constant change as farmers develop new techniques for more effectively growing plants in changing environmental conditions...

In today’s photo we see a bumblebee foraging for nectar on white clover. White clover probably can be considered the most important honey pl...

Redbuds bloom, and beekeeping activity increases dramatically in April. The honey bee colony’s tendency is to reproduce itself each year by ...

As we move into the middle of November, blooming flowers are becoming more and more scarce. I found some trailing lespedeza in bloom being ...