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The best beekeeper is the best manager. Several kinds of management are important to beekeepers, including that associated with colony maintenance and financial issues. A major task of beekeepers is to manage their time. This is perhaps the most limiting factor in beekeeping. There is always more to do than time to do it.
General issues include detecting and controlling diseases and pests of honey bees, feeding colonies, moving hives and maintaining equipment.
Smokers their fuel, November 2000.
Bee
nutrition and what we don't know; new techniques to measure protein, September 1999.
Worker
protection standard issues cannot be ignored by the beekeeper, August 1999.
More
on Protein Management, June 1999.
The
Nemesis Effect; biological introductions out of control, May 1999.
Supplemental
protein feeding, March 1999.
About
use of smoke in colonies, March 1999.
Closer
examination of Varroa becoming resistant to pesticides, February 1999.
. Hygienic
behavior in honey bees, September 1998.
The
sticky board: a new apicultural tool, May 1998.
Varroa
management compared to American chestnut, May 1998.
Precision
Agriculture: A Beekeeping Perspective, March 1998.
New
southeastern forest management practice affects beekeeping, February 1998.
Queen
problems and possible reasons from both producer and user perspective, February 1998.
Warm
winter woes mean supplementary feeding may be necessar, February 1998..
Finding
the Queen: Eternal Beekeeping Problem, September 1997.
Long-term
Terramycin® Use: Prescription for Resistance? September 1997.
Queen
Storage: The Pheromonal Connection, September 1997.
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Pollen
Flow: As Important as Honey Flow, August 1997.
Transgenic
Oilseed Rape: The Honeybee Connection, April 1997.
Problems
caused by off-spec corn syrup in Canada, February 1997.
Manging
honey bees in top bar hives, November 1996.
Discussion
of winter losses and basic beekeeping, August 1996.
Upated
spreadsheet program for financial analysis, June 1996.
Discussion
of beekeepers adopting technology, December 1995.
Tips
on finding queens, September 1995.
Discussion
of feeding honey bees minerals, May 1995.
Managing
fluvalinate for Varroa control, February 1995.
Discussion
of breeding programs coming of age, January 1995.
Discussion
of effects of crowding bees in colonies, Journal of Economic Entomology, January 1994.
Managing
the many complexities of African bees, January 1994.
Managing
bee spills using soapy water, August 1993.
Beginning
beekeeping management video series released, June 1993.
Too
frequent honey removal damages the crop? May 1993.
Manage
to minimize urban restrictions, May 1993.
Discussion
of a general mangement plan, February 1993.
Bees
used in biocontrol; distributing beneficial bacteria in apples, October 1992.
Bees
getting drunk in fermenting honey; cause for winter loss? October 1992.
Complexities
in queen breeding explained, September 1992.
Managing
stinging insects/incidents; focus on firefighters, August 1992.
Managing
crises in beekeeping, August 1992.
Feedback
from Florida inspectors: extender patties; formic acid; management, July 1992.
Feeding
pollen supplement/substitute; recipes, February 1992.
Comments
on the model plan, January 1992.
Observations
on Chinese beekeeping methods, October 1991.
Analysis of use of aldicarb (Temik®) in citrus and affect on bees and beekeepers, August 1991.
A
survey of beekeeping done by Bee Culture, August 1991.
Tips
on protecting bees from pesticides during mosquito control operations, July 1991.
Using
recycled paper as smoker fuel, May 1991.
More
on feeding protein. Occurrence of new yeast product in California, May 1991.
Discussion
of Florida panhandle feeding study, April 1991.
More
on articles on beekeeping costs.
Oils
as insecticides to kill nuisance honey bees, December 1990 .
Research
results at American Bee Research Conference in Tucson, AZ, October 1990.
Information
on analysing costs associated with beekeeping, September 1990.
Analysis
of protein management in beekeeping, July 1990.
Analysis
of SAD and BAD bees by Andy Nachbaur, July 1990. Discussion of managing nectar
resources, June 1990.
Focusing
on colony numbers can be a management problem.
Discussion
of professionalism in agriculture and beekeeping, May 1990.
Discussion
of limiting factor in beekeeping, April 1990.
Discussion
of events of 1990s: AHB and Food Safety, December 1989.
Using
soapy water to kill honey bees, November 1989.
Discussion
of honey bee flyways. Dr. von Frisch, bees dancing and radar, July 1989.
Discussion
of bar coding products (and bees?), May 1989.
Discussion
of beekeeping on the pesticide treadmill, April 1989.
How
to make decisions in times of risk using joint probability, January 1989.
Discussion
of beekeeping management in extraordinary times, January 1989.
Historical
discussion of negotiated rule making efforts that collapsed, December 1988.
Recommendations
on checking for pollen in the fall, October 1988.
Marking
queens using international colors, September 1988.
Specifics
on providing water for honey bees, May 1988.
Discussion
of swarm control and disposition of swarms, April 1988.
Importance
of providing water to bees, March 1988.
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