Bee Informed Partnership Diagnosis and treatment of Common Honey Bee Diseases...
Bronze medal award. At Apimondia this year our training manual for ‘Common honey bee diseases’ was submitted in the book category. This simple training manual was entered among many other highly...
View ArticleNorthern California Summer Update 2017
In northern California, after a wet winter and spring it has been a really dry and hot summer. In the spring I saw a lot more chalkbrood than normal, something that was noted nationwide by our other...
View Article2018 Northern California Update
Almond Bloom 2018 Weather in Northern California greatly fluctuated this spring. It was in the 70 and warmer before the almond bloom started, then once the trees started blooming the weather turned...
View ArticleSpring Hygienic Testing and California Hygienic Score Trends
This spring we will start Hygienic testing Queen breeders’ colonies. This is my favorite type of testing for beekeepers because we get to look at the best performing colonies in the entire operation....
View Article2019 California Spring Update
Many California beekeepers reported that the start of this year was the worst in 20+ years. Several factors contributed to this year’s issues, starting with the numerous fires last year causing nearly...
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