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A New Paradigm For American Beekeepers

by kirkwebster | Jan 1, 2008 | 2008 Writings, View All Posts

A New Paradigm For American Beekeepers ← View Previous Post View Next Post → This was written in preparation for a talk at the 2008 National Beekeeping Conference in Sacramento, Ca. The actual, give and take session was likely somewhat different… The...

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Table of Contents

  • 1999 Writings
    • The Best Kept Secret Part 1
    • The Best Kept Secret Part 2
  • 2005 Writings
    • Commercial Beekeeping Without Treatments Of Any Kind – Putting The Pieces Together Part 1
    • Commercial Beekeeping Without Treatments Of Any Kind – Putting The Pieces Together Part 2
  • 2006 Writings
    • Healthy Beekeeping: Now And In The Future
    • The Natural Form of a Northern Apiary
    • Some Problems Of Health And Disease In Beekeeping And Agriculture
    • Cell Building And Overwintering Nucs – The Key To Stability And Resilence In A Northern, Non-Migratory Apiary
    • Some Thoughts On Breeding Bees In The North
    • Where Commercial Beekeeping Went Wrong: The Difference Between Having A Farm And Having A Business
  • 2007 Writings
    • A Beekeeping Diary – Introduction
    • #2: Late Winter—“Harvesting” Empty Equipment
    • #3: Early Spring—Unpacking and Evaluating Colonies
    • #4: Spring—Things Are Getting Busy
    • #5: Early Summer—Queen Rearing Begins
    • #6: Summer—Making Nucleus Colonies; the Main Honey Flow Begins
    • #7: High Summer—The Main Honey Flow; a Crop of Honey and Bees
    • #8: Late Summer—Extracting Honey and Expanding Nucs
    • #9: September and October—Finish Extracting; Feeding and Moving Nucs
    • #10: November and December: Packing bees; Blowing Out Failing Colonies.
    • #11: December—Conclusion
  • 2008 Writings
    • A New Paradigm For American Beekeepers
  • 2009 Writings
    • A Practical Plan For Removing All Treatment From Commercial Apiaries
    • What’s Missing From The Current Discussion And Work Related To Bees That’s Preventing Us From Making Good Progress?
    • Some Great Mentors
  • 2010 Writings
    • Nature Has All the Answers, So What’s Your Question?* and A Page From a Treatment-Free Beekeeping Diary
  • 2011 Writings
    • The Best Beekeeping Meeting I Ever Attended
    • Collapse and Recovery: The Gateway to Treatment Free Beekeeping
    • Helping Honeybees Refill Their Niche – The Apiary Farm
  • 2014 Writings
    • The Best Kept Secret Revisited
  • 2016 Writings
    • Feral Bees
  • 2019 Writings
    • 2019 Introduction
    • OPPORTUNITIES TO VISIT AND WORK WITH US AT CHAMPLAIN VALLEY BEES AND QUEENS
    • Successful Organic Farmers–the Key to a Good Future for Beekeeping
    • The Limitations of Science; the Wisdom of Indigenous People; and the Farmers Who Live in Between
    • preface: HONEY FROM THE EARTH