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Category Beekeeping

The nurturing of bees and the harvesting of their honey.

Egg Laying Workers: Death Spiral Interrupted

Beekeepers lose hives all the time.  It is a fact of life for beekeeping – perhaps more so today than ever before.  Not everyone can afford to take extraordinary measures to preserve a hive in a death spiral.  But extraordinary… Continue Reading →

Tulip Poplar Flow

Georgia has had lousy weather in the last couple weeks. But with all that wind and rain, the bees are still finding some nectar.  Tulip Poplar has been blooming for about three weeks now and the following chart of hive… Continue Reading →

Visualizing the Extinction of Honey Bees

The only blog I visit daily and admire enormously is The Big Picture by Barry Ritholtz. Granted, if all you know about investing is that the Social Security Administration has your retirement covered, then this blog may be a little… Continue Reading →

We Have All Been Here Before

Note: This article, written by Tom Rearick, aka BeeHacker, was just published in the January 2011 issues of Bee Culture Magazine. To subscribe (you should), visit http://www.beeculture.com. If I had ever been here before I would probably know just what… Continue Reading →

Iridovirus and Microsporidian Linked to Honey Bee Colony Decline

A paper appeared this week in the peer-review research publishing site Public Library of Science or PLoS that could be the best, first explanation of the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder or CCD. It’s title is Iridovirus and Microsporidian Linked… Continue Reading →

Welcome To BeeHacker.Com

This site explores the confluence of beekeeping and technology. It is targeted at: beekeeper or bee lover scientist, engineer, inventor, DIYer The goal of this site is to explore the overlap between beekeeping, honey bees, and technology. NOTE: We are… Continue Reading →

Beekeepers and Hackers – Separated at Birth?

There are so many similarities between ethical hackers and beekeepers that I figured they must have been separated at birth. Consider this:

What motivates hackers and beekeepers?

It certainly isn’t the money. It isn’t even the glory. It is about making one’s own life meaningful in a positive way. The video below is probably the best explanation of why people do valuable things without pay.

Best Smoker Fuel

The hardest part of being a beekeeper is lighting a smoker (what’s a smoker?) and keeping it lit. If you can learn to do that successfully, then everything else will seem easy. I have finally found a fuel that is… Continue Reading →

Biological Control of Small Hive Beetle

I corralled about a million nematodes under each of my three hives this morning. Perhaps I should start at the beginning.

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