The Peace Bee Farmer

Crops grown in today’s modern industrial agriculture employ improved seed, chemical pesticides and fertilizers, irrigation, and heavy ma...

When honey bees swarm they frequently move into cavities previously used by other colonies of bees. They are attracted to old bee nests ...

Beekeepers are detecting large populations of parasitic Varroa mites in their hives this fall. The Varroa mite is the most serious pest ...

In the fall it is important to look inside the bee hives and set them up for winter. Fall bee hive management is designed to help the be...

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

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

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...