MSBA

Installing Packaged Bees

This past Saturday I installed packaged bees into the existing equipment of my recently deceased hives in the Runamuk apiary.…

9 years ago

April apiary update

March is always a dirty month. As the snow melts all of winters dirty secrets are revealed. The snow banks…

9 years ago

Feeding Bees in the Fall

It's that time of year when beekeepers are ramping up winter preparations for their beehives. We're inspecting hives for colony…

9 years ago

The sustainable apiary─brood factories & bee bombs

For years now Mike Palmer of French Hill Apiaries in St. Albans, Vermont, has been working to convince beekeepers that…

10 years ago

Working with beeswax

Carol Cottrill is a former president of the Maine State Beekeepers' Association and has held a number of other positions…

10 years ago

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

When beekeepers converge

You may or may not recall that back in November I made my annual pilgrimage to the 2015 meeting of…

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