Archives for 2020

Thanks to Dr. Jamie Ellis and crew for featuring me on their Two Bees in a Podcast series, Episode  25; Queen ‘Duets’ and the Story of Honey Bee History; hear the podcast with notes available via clicking on show 25 here .  As a follow up to the interview, you can find more information about […]

I missed charging you lucky patrons again last month, but think I finally got the situation sorted out.  We shall see if the proof is in the pudding as they say with publication of this July issue.   Florida continues to be an epicenter of COVID-19 infection.  The most frightening thing is the current status […]

I realized while constructing this newsletter that Patreon.com had changed their menu and so you lucky patrons were not charged for the last three newsletters, saving three dollars each.  I am rectifying that situation this month.  I hope to get it right.  Patreon is also embarking on charging sales tax.   I’ve already posted something about […]

Patreons will have  new sales tax situation come July 1, 2020.  It is unclear how specific patrons may be affected by this.  Thanks for your continued support of the Apis Information Resource News.

World Bee Day was  May 20, 2020, accompanied by various activities around the world. A colleague send me a copy of The May 18, 2020  Time Magazine, featuring an article on the Honeybee Whisperers, a moniker taken up by Slovenian Beekeepers , who “take care of the bees not just to produce honey for money, […]

Coronavirus COV-19 continues to dominate the news around the world.  Although “we are all in this together,” we are not out of the woods yet and learning more and more about the effects, including the results of reducing carbon emissions in Earth’s environment:.  The Guardian reports that the pandemic could be responsible for the resurgence […]

My comments on the American Honey Producer Association (AHPA) and American Beekeeping Federation (ABF)  split last month deserve some updating and clarification.  Humberto Boncristiani   at Insidethehive.tv has now published videos on his Youtube.com channel explaining the current thinking of the AHPA, as well as his reflections based on visiting the 2020 convention   See also an […]

The annual bee meetings have concluded.  There hasn’t been much reporting of the events so far, although we expect to see more in the future.  Meanwhile if you missed them, you can check out the websites of both the American Beekeeping Federation (ABF)  and American Honey Producers Association (AHPA) .  One may wonder why there […]

Happy New Year to my patrons and also I wish you well as we go into another decade.  I visited the Los Angeles area during Christmas and our grandchild Naomi, one year old.  One wonders what the anthropocene has in store for her  when she gets to be my age (77).  Yikes!   Fortunately, it […]

An early season’s greetings from Gainesville in North Central Florida.  We are getting hit with a cold spell, which for us isn’t much when compared to the rest of country.  But the bees have still gone to ground here with a potential light frost in the morning.  On December 23, I will be winging my […]