Tag: beekeeping
AI, artificial intelligence or artificial insemination?
Beekeeper Scott Svab explains the benefits of artificial insemination in producing superior queens and delves into Latshaw Apiaries' queen breeding program.
Attracting and catching bee swarms
Beekeeper Scott Svab explains how to locate and catch bee swarms to add to a home apiary.
Free bees!
Beekeeper and apiary inspector Scott Svab explains three ways beginners can acquire bees and start a hive.
Do you know what this beekeeper’s item was used for?
Item No. 1272 belonged to a beekeeper. Do you know how it was used?
The vital role of county apiary inspectors in safeguarding bee health
Eric Hange discusses the importance of county apiary inspectors in preventing disease and mitigating threats to bee populations.
Knox Beekeepers holding advanced beekeeping class
The Knox County Beekeepers Association is offering an Advanced Beekeepers Class on Jan. 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Low genetic diversity among US honey bees
A recent study found the U.S. honey bee population has low genetic diversity, which could have a negative impact on future crop pollination and beekeeping.
Red Beard Bees
Red Beard Bees includes 65 colonies, or hives, in the Whitehall suburb of Columbus where owner Dave Noble lives.
Beekeepers seek out resilient feral honey bees
Beekeepers Dwight Wells and Zale Maxwell started the Ohio Queen Bee Improvement Project to selectively breed bees that are well adapted to Ohio conditions.
Save the bee and me
Aaron Dodds recaps a run-in with the thousands of bees in his hive and shares some conservation-minded gardening practices that can benefit pollinators.
