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Pollination – Foraging is the Most Important Task in the Life of the Honey Bee
Larry Peiffer Foraging is the most important task in the lifetime of the honey bee. As the bee matures, it’s duties and responsibilities to the hive change. The foraging is done by the mature bees of...
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Kids Corner – Puzzles and Games
Home Sweet Home Maze Word puzzles for fun and learning. Try a Maze. Don’t get lost Home Sweet Home Maze (PDF) Do The Waggle (PDF) Where’s The Swarm? (PDF) Word Jumbles are Fun Too What’s in the Hive?...
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Are you Ready? (Normal vs. Allergic Reactions to Insect Stings)
As beekeepers, we are sometimes expected to help out with unforeseen events. We help the neighbors with nuisance wasps, hornets and yellow-jackets. We are asked to help fellow beekeepers, catch swarms...
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Varroa Destructor, the Pest
The Varroa Destructor seems to have come to Maine in 1987, the year after the Tracheal Mite. Both created devastation in the beekeeping world and caught beekeepers off-guard. At that time it was...
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