SIBA Bee Blog

Planting forage for bees and pollinators

Planting forage for bees and pollinators
Submitted by Allmorgan.com During the January 2014 Moores Hill SIBA meeting last year, Roy Ballard from Purdue, and Tim Schwipps from the USDA-NRCS came and spoke about planting forage for bees and other pollinators. They made clear that there can be help available at both the state and local levels. I decided to pursue things since I had…
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Buzz Blog: Reflections On The Year

by Ginger Davidson www.GeezBeezHoney.com As the year draws to an end, it is a time to reflect. It is also a time to plan for the future; but right now, I’m stuck in the reflecting frame of mind. My beekeeping passion started without a club and without a mentor. In the first 2 years of…
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Make Creamed Honey at Home

Contributed by J. Morgan, original post at www.allmorgan.com Making creamed honey is a very simple process. It’s creamy texture makes it more versatile to use since it can be used like a spread. If you spread it on a sandwich, it will not squish out like honey might. Let’s understand the basic science behind creamed…
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Of Bugs, Blooms & Vittles: Fruits of fall

Submitted by Chan Mattingly Pumpkins. Crisp red and golden apples. Foliage so vibrant it's unbelievable. The scent of smoke in the air, be it from campfires or burning leaves. This is fall, as are foggy mornings, brisk temperatures and yellow school buses. But my fall also includes fresh-fallen ripe persimmons, honeybees buzzing in fall asters…
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