The Peace Bee Farmer

I was honored to be invited to speak about bees and beekeeping to the entomology class at the University of Central Arkansas. We discusse...

The beekeeping year can be divided into two extended management seasons: spring management and fall management. September sees changes i...

Independence Day, the Fourth of July, is a day of celebration in the United States. It’s the day that the Declaration of Independence was...

Every honey bee hive has a queen, and only bees can produce honey bee queens. Queen production peaks in the spring when there are drone b...

One hundred people quite deliberately headed toward Savannah, Tennessee in spite of extreme rainfall, flooding, and violent weather. They...

Whenever I encounter evening primrose plants in bloom, I watch them for a while. These native plants attract a variety of bees and other...

A beekeeper friend who is an avid outdoorsman proclaims, “I’d rather catch a swarm of bees than a five-pound bass!” Beekeepers manage col...