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Dear Modern Farmer: How Do I Legally Start an Urban Bee Hive?
Urban beekeeping and the law: the law won.
The Illustrated Journals of A Dairy Farmer in 1941
In the early 1940s William George Pope, and his wife Mildred "Moodie” Pope, left Utica, NY and bought a farm. They named it High Acres, and started raising Ayeshire Cattle. Pope ...
For centuries, beekeepers have used “skeps,” carefully designed domed baskets, to house their hives. Learn how to make one.
A look at some potential stressors and pathogens behind colony collapse disorder.
Can a Lawsuit Save America’s Bees?
On a warm April afternoon in Oakdale - a small farming town in the San Joaquin Valley of California - beekeepers Steve Ellis (pictured above, with his hives) and Jeff Anderson ...
The Global Guide to Local Honey
Honey is produced in nearly every corner of the world, and a diverse array of vegetation and flora lends distinct flavors, colors, and scents to the golden stuff. Here’s just a sampling of just a few unique variants from across the globe.
A deep dive into what IMDB users found factually inaccurate in 2007’s animated film “Bee Movie.”
Bee Convoy: Shipping Interstate Apiaries
He and his wife Martha run the Kraus Honey Company out of Fruitland, Washington, and spend part of every year shipping their bees across the western United States to pollinate almo...
