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Save The Bees Specialty License Plate
As mentioned in our What's The Buzz newsletter, we’ll be promoting the save the bees specialty license plate this month. To buy a...
Bob Livingston
Apr 41 min read
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Parrotheads Raise $ for ABA
The Apalachee Beekeeper's Association has been chosen as the charity of the month by the Tallahassee Parrothead Club, a local chapter of...
Christine Bonham
Apr 31 min read
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Good day in the JeffCo bees with Capt. Tony
We made splits and moved all but one deep into the new ABA woodenware. The plan is to come back in a couple of weeks and split the double...
Bob Livingston
Mar 211 min read
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Open Hives Resume
Daylight Savings Time has sprung so we’ll resume doing open hives at 5:30 to 6:30 PM before our monthly meetings. WEATHER PERMITTING!!...
Bob Livingston
Mar 111 min read
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Neighbor suing beekeeper claiming his bees are stealing pollen and nectar from his garden
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-home/neighbor-suing-over-backyard-beehive-reddit/
Bob Livingston
Mar 91 min read
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Interesting article on remote hive monitoring
https://phys.org/news/2025-02-beehive-sensors-honeybee-colonies.html
Bob Livingston
Feb 261 min read
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Bees Have Something in Common with Dracula - They Like the Dark
Light pollution is making bees sleep-deprived and harming their mating waggle dance, a study has found.
Christine Bonham
Nov 12, 20243 min read
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Hurricane Helene
While as a whole, most of the members in our area dodged a bullet from Hurricane Helene, many across FL and the Southeast didn't,...
Christine Bonham
Oct 5, 20241 min read
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Bee Facts
A nice visual with some factoids for your next trivia night... Charts from stakich.com
Christine Bonham
Sep 4, 20241 min read
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Bumblebee Quandry
Does anyone know what species of bumblebee this might be. About a dozen of them moving around in the leaf mulch
Alan Strowd
Jun 29, 20241 min read
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Bees... are they monsters? Or maybe MLB players?
Silly and smart bee news
Christine Bonham
May 1, 20241 min read
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Shop at Community Co-op & Support the ABA!
If you've ever shopped at Community Co-Op, located at 1235 Apalachee Parkway, you'll know that they give back to the Tallahassee...
Christine Bonham
Apr 8, 20241 min read
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Honey, Bees are Amazing!
Honeybees are endlessly fascinating. Beyond what we discover ourselves while working with them, what we learn from them and what we learn...
Christine Bonham
Mar 19, 20242 min read
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2024 ABA Apiary Inspections
03/15/24 We are feeding light (1:1) sucrose syrup and re-queening Wakulla and the double deep at Leon with ripe Queen cells donated by...
Bob Livingston
Mar 15, 20241 min read
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Swarms, Splits and Captures
At the February 2024 meeting Master Beekeeper Bob Livingston presented on this topic and what to do, and how to do it when it comes to...
Melanie
Feb 15, 20241 min read
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Why Are Bees Making Less Honey?
Here's a clue: the soil has to be able to support the production of flowers. Weather, soil use and many other things affect the growth...
Christine Bonham
Jan 5, 20241 min read
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In the New Year, Stop & Watch the Bees
Watching bees is something that most beekeepers do on a regular basis. This sweet story is a reminder that sometimes watching the bees...
Christine Bonham
Dec 28, 20236 min read
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Just Like Us...
Around the world, beekeepers are just as passionate about caring for their bees as we are. I have a couple friends that have traveled...
Christine Bonham
Nov 4, 20232 min read
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2023 Honey Tasting Entry Information
It's that time of year again! Every time of year is that time of year again, but what makes this particular time so sweet (pun intended)...
Christine Bonham
Oct 4, 20231 min read
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Amy Vu, Apiculturist, is our Speaker for October
Even though this is Florida State country, good things come from the University of Florida as far as beekeepers are concerned. Next...
Christine Bonham
Oct 2, 20231 min read
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