This year (2022), August started out in the 60-degree range in East Jefferson County, WA, and by mid-month was in the 70s, up to 86 degrees or so. Swarming from overcrowded and overflowing honey bee...

It just "mite" work! One of my overwintered hives developed a severe Varroa mite infestation early in the season.  It was first noted on May 7 and again on May 20, when I was checking drone...

In our area, summer weather often doesn't arrive until July 5--just a few hours too late for the July 4th fireworks show to be visible through the final rainstorm or low clouds of "June-uary." But...

June brings many colorful flowers to our gardens, with sweet nectar and protein-rich pollen for bees. June can also mark the beginning of the honeyflow in the Pacific Northwest toward the end...

Have you ever started to separate two frames during inspection and found them to be attached by chains of bees, seemingly sticking together as if caught in a web?  As you carefully widen the...

In our area, people often confuse the paper wasp (Polistes) with the yellow jacket (Vespa) and hasten to kill either one that they see, for fear of stinging and of damage to their honey bees. ...