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Maine beekeepers State of the State Address

Every year at the annual meeting of the Maine State Beekeepers' Association our state apiarist, Anthony (Tony) Jadczak talks about…

10 years ago

Honeybees and the landscape

Studying under Professor Frank Drummond at the University of Maine, Brianne Du Clos is a PhD candidate studying how bees…

10 years ago

Honeybee nutrition in pollens & nectar

Megan Leech is a masters' student studying native bees under Frank Drummond at the University of Maine. She's looking to…

10 years ago

Keeping Honeybees in Frozen North America

According to Mike Palmer of French Hill Apiaries in St. Albans Vermont, success in the apiary is dependent upon two…

10 years ago

How do you know what to do to be a profitable farm?

Let me say first and foremost that Runamuk is not what I would yet consider a "profitable" farm, lol. Runamuk…

10 years ago

Maine’s local food movement

The Madison Farmers' Market, held a meeting Saturday evening at the Old Point School in Madison, to finalize plans for…

11 years ago

SWOT analysis of Runamuk

Business planning and annual reviews are an important aspect of any business--big or small--even agricultural businesses. Typically most farmers spend…

11 years ago

Conducting a SWOT analysis of your farm

No one gets into farming because they want to get rich, lol. But at the same time a farm is…

11 years ago

Keys to successful bee stewardship

This is the third segment of my coverage of the 2014 Maine State Beekeepers' Association's annual conference, and the second…

11 years ago

Porcupine on the farm

We have a bit of a problem on our farm. A porcupine problem--to be specific. With an overabundant population they're…

11 years ago