Mark Berman

During Cornell’s virtual Master Beekeeper Graduate Spotlight, while a beekeeper explained the history of skep hives in England, I found myself thinking about a swarm hanging fifteen feet up in a maple tree at 19th and Shunk. It was one of those warm, sunny mid-April evenings that, Philadelphia-style, follows a few days of sudden freezing. Swarming seems to have started about two weeks earlier than the year before. Conditions were perfect for a colony anxious to split. By the time my...

How Honeybees Use Sound & Vibration to Communicate Inside the hive, there is no light, no spoken language - but it is not silent. The air...

Pure, raw honey is a totally different experience than the stuff you find at the supermarket. Store-bought honey is often adulterated...