The Peace Bee Farmer

Peace Bee Farm Master Beekeeper Richard Underhill of Conway, Arkansas muses on life with the bees and other things.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Superweeds and Superpests

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The use of genetically modified crops was intended to reduce the need for herbicides to control weeds and insecticides to control pest i...
Friday, October 19, 2012

Transitions

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Three types of bee hives are used in Ethiopia. Ninety-seven percent of the hives are traditional hives, long baskets built at no expense...
Sunday, October 7, 2012

Biological Controls

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Before embarking on my latest beekeeping trip to Africa, I checked the hive that I was using to transfer a colony of feral honey bees fr...
Monday, September 24, 2012

Honey Bee Super-Sisters

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A reader asked a question about the mechanism in which honey bees pass their genes along to the next generation. Honey bees employ a rep...
Friday, September 21, 2012

Traditional Thanksgiving

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Winrock International, www.winrock.org , sends volunteers to developing countries around the world on USAID-funded food security projec...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

This Will Not Be Kicked

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Explaining that the natural home of the honey bee is a hollow tree, I relate that all beekeeping efforts should provide a bee hive simil...
Sunday, September 16, 2012

Shambu Area Projects

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I see evidence of the influence the Education For Development Association, www.efhda.org.et , makes on the lives of Oromo farmers. Trave...
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EAS Certified Master Beekeeper and Owner of Peace Bee Farm of Conway, Arkansas. Former President of Arkansas Beekeepers Association, Tennessee Beekeepers Association, and Memphis Area Beekeepers Association. Recipient of the President's Volunteer Service Award.
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