Beekeeping Through the Eyes of a Biologist
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My articles constitute a journal of my own learning experience in the application of the understanding of bee biology to the practice of beekeeping, and should be considered in that context. I make an effort to add important updates to articles on this site, but it may help to read the most up to date articles first.
Article Title
Publication Date
November
October
September
The Status of Our Industry Regarding Varroa Management and What Can We Do About It? Part 1
A Study on Bee Drift and Mite Immigration: Part 6
July
January
September
A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs: Part 4–Why Did Some of the Subs Outperform Others
Observations on Pollen Sub: Part 3–Placement of the Pollen Patty
October
A Comparative Trial of the Pollen Subs 2020: Part 3
Observations on Pollen Subs: Part 2– Why Didn’t My Test Hives Grow?
September
No Article Published this Month
June
An Experiment to Improve Pollen Sub: Part 2
Re-Evaluating Varroa Monitoring: Part 3- How Does Mite Distribution Vary Frame-to-Frame in a Hive?
May
September
May
February
October
The Varroa Problem: Part 3 – A Creation of Our Own Doing
The Varroa Problem: Part 2 – The Coevolution of the Bee, Varroa, and DWV
December
November
Light or Heavy Syrup For Drawing Foundation?
Understanding Colony Buildup and Decline: Part 13c – The Winter, and Hive Design
September
Is There A Multiplier Effect From The Feeding Of Sugar Syrup?
Understanding Colony Buildup and Decline: Part 13b – The Winter Continued
August
A Test of Late-Summer Varroa Treatments
Understanding Colony Buildup and Decline: Part 12 – Late Summer Through Autumn
June
Too overwhelmed running my operation to write an article!
May
Reevaluating Beebread: Part 1 – The “Story”
Understanding Colony Buildup and Decline: Part 8 – The Main Honey Flow [*October + November]
October
No Negative Effect From Extended Exposure To Amitraz
Understanding Colony Buildup and Decline: Part 6- Hiccups In Colony Linear Buildup
July
January
November
A Comparative Test Of The Pollen Subs (Part 1 & 2)
What’s Happening To The Bees? Part 6- Mitotypes, Genotypes, And Tradeoffs In Fitness
September
June
February
Does Oxalic Acid Treatment of Nucs Affect Honey Production?
Sick Bees: Part 18F8 Colony Collapse Revisited – Beekeeping Economics
December
Sick Bees: Part 18F7 Colony Collapse Revisited – Pesticide Exposure [*October + November]
November
A New Large-Scale Trial of Clothianidin
Neonicotinoids: Trying To Make Sense of the Science – Part 2
September
October
An Early Summer Test of Mite-Away Quick Strips™
Sick Bees: Part 12 Varroa Management- Getting Down to the Brass Tacks
September
Sick Bees: Part 9- Pathogens and Plagues [*May + June]
June
December
August
The Primer Pheromones: Part 4- Reproduction and Survival
A Test of Synthetic Pheromones to Initiate Midwinter Broodrearing
July
March
February
January
Too overwhelmed running my operation to write an article!
June
November
Field Trial of Several Nosema Treatments
Field of View Count Correlation
October
August
February
November
September
August
June
March