Posts tagged with: beekeeping

Basics of Beekeeping for Veterans

By Olivia Young / July 2, 2025

Are you curious about the art of beekeeping and its vital role in our ecosystem? Join us for an engaging seminar where we’ll explore the basics of caring for bees,…

Agricultural Basic Training for Farmers

By Nina Saeli / January 8, 2024

Armed to Farm returns to New York State to again assist veterans explore careers in agriculture. “I’m a veteran, and I want to be a farmer!” This statement comes in…

Blueberries and Bees

By Tom Shultz / July 5, 2021

Army Veteran turned blueberry farmer and beekeeping mentor to other veterans My wife and I started our farm in 2010 by planting 600 blueberry bushes.  I had done a lot…

New Book on Wild Honeybee Biology Can Help Small-Scale Beekeepers Build Resilient Hives

By Nina Sannes / June 6, 2019

A new book by a Cornell University professor illustrates the fascinating and previously little-known biology of wild honeybees, and details management strategies for small-scale beekeepers in a changing world. “The…

From Beekeeping to Business Planning: Register Now for Block Four Courses

By Kacey Deamer / January 16, 2019

Register now to learn about business management, soil health, specialty mushrooms, beekeeping, business plans, high tunnels, and grazing. Courses fill up quickly and registration closes for block four in just…

The Alfalfa HoneyBees – An Observation

By Debra Welch / October 2, 2017

In Wyoming County, the drought of the winter, spring, summer, and fall of 2016 was devastating for local honeybee populations.   In Wyoming County, the drought of the spring, summer,…

Is Your Honey Green? New Apiary Certification Program for Natural Beekeepers

By Alice Varon / April 2, 2012

by Dr. Buddy Marterre and Alice Varon We all know honey bee health is threatened by pesticides, monoculture crops, in-hive chemical treatments, pests and diseases, and colony collapse disorder, among…

Establishing Northern Honeybee Colonies

By Aaron Englander / January 9, 2012

Welcome to the Northeast SARE Spotlight! SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) offers grants to farmers, educators, universities and communities that are working to make agriculture more sustainable – economically,…