Brrr. We are feeling the weather turn cold. All that good work you did to prepare your bees is now helping them. Each year at this time I admire how these small creatures can cluster, maintain warmth, regulate temperature, and manage humidity when it’s freezing...

We don't often get a new tool in the fight against Varroa but at the end of September, the EPA approved a new miticide called Norroa. This works in a very different way than miticides we've seen in the past.  In fact, it isn't technically even a miticide since it does...

Greetings to All BYBA Members! Here we are nearing the conclusion of another beekeeping season. It’s time to take stock of everything we’ve learned. It’s time to stop feeling guilty about mistakes we made, because we’re smarter now, hopefully. And it’s time to tidy up...

Hi Everyone! We are in that magic time of year when it’s easy to be a “good” beekeeper.  All of our neighbors’ flowers and shrubs are blooming, it seems!  The bees are going full bore.  It makes you wonder whether they realize that 90% of their resources for the year...

Picture writing the numbers 1 to 5 in a horizontal line, from smallest to largest. Where did you put 1? If you placed 1 on the left and 5 on the right, you share this preference with most humans. Humans are not alone in this preference. Some other primates, and even...