Every year at the annual meeting of the Maine State Beekeepers' Association our state apiarist, Anthony (Tony) Jadczak talks about…
Studying under Professor Frank Drummond at the University of Maine, Brianne Du Clos is a PhD candidate studying how bees…
What does a beekeeper do in the deep depths of winter when it's too cold and snowy for bees and…
If you've been following along with my story you've likely already heard about the situation with our local skunk. He─or…
Saturday's "Beekeeping 101" workshop was a success and I am enamored--ecstatic--and relieved, lol. Okay, so there was only one student--but…
With the Open-Hive behind me, the garden in maintenance mode, and the bees content to do their thing, there's a…
We've got a beautiful location for this event, and new Queens arriving this week--so as long as the weather cooperates,…
A week ago today I was in a frantic frenzy to get the Runamuk homestead de-cluttered, cleaned, and scoured in…
It wasn't the way I had intended to celebrate the summer solstice, but because last Saturday was raining and wet,…
Recently I went around to the various Runamuk apiaries to perform my annual mite-tests, and while the 12 colonies under…