The Peace Bee Farmer

All of America’s bee colonies have been lost twice in the last six years. That is the effect of the 30 to 35 percent annual honey bee col...

Beekeeper Doug Cleveland and I sit by the wood stove of his Idaho wood shop and compare beekeeping in Idaho’s Treasure Valley with that ...

Wild plum trees are the first white-blooming trees seen in the forest in the early spring. The white blossoms of plums and pear trees of...

A Minnesota beekeeper checks his hive and finds plenty of bees and ample stored honey. Shortly afterward, cold weather set in for severa...

Fall and spring hive management in top bar hives is similar to that of Langstroth hives. Bees tend to build their brood nest in a top ba...

Beekeepers are making preparations for adding new colonies in the spring. While most will house their bees in modern bee hives, some wil...

The annual Farm to Table Conference held in Memphis at Rhodes College is designed to bring together farmers and those who buy and use th...