September 2023

The Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) is pleased to announce the release of a new beekeeper management application that is a free version of its professional honey bee health and management tracking application at research.beeinformed.org! BIP ArcHive provides a seamless way for beekeepers to record activities and observations in the bee yard, giving insights to improve colony management.  Map your bee yards…

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6 Health Benefits of Honey The sweet stuff can help with burns, coughs, anxiety and more By Alison Gwinn, AARP Photo by Daily Slowdown on Unsplash Honey’s benefits have been touted since antiquity — and it turns out the ancient Greeks and Romans were onto something: Honey really can hit the sweet spot when it comes to our health. Though honey…

Credit:Ryan Young/Cornell University Researcher Heather Grab holds an excluder next to a commercial bumblebee nest box. Bumblebee research sparks rapid industry change By Krishna Ramanujan, Cornell Chronicle A Cornell study that revealed commercial eastern common bumblebee hives pose a threat to their wild counterparts has led one major pollination company to quickly adapt the bumblebee hive boxes they ship to growers.…

Miss Lillian Love By: Nina Bagley Miss Lillian Love was born into a Quaker family in Marion, Indiana on October 24, 1880. Her family was from Decatur, Indiana. Her father, Granville Love, was born in Indiana. In 1860, he married Nancy J. Gillibrand. Her family came from England and settled in the vicinity of Indianapolis. The two were married on…

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