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Bee Craft 2017: List of Authors

Allen, Matt
Varroa Memories  Nov 11

Andersen, Torbjörn
Apiarists Against the Odds Oct 18

Angel, Heather
Pollination Power Aug 40

The 'Api Life of Brian   Jun 46, Jul 46, Aug 46, Sep 46, Oct 45, Dec 37

Ashworth, Liz
The Chain Bridge Honey Bible  Feb 40

Around the Colony Jan - Dec 5

Bacon, Andy
Émile Warré – Naturally  Feb 23

Beattie, Bridget

  • Asparagus Jun 35
  • Aubretia Mar 33
  • Black Alder Jan 41
  • Bristly Oxtongue  Oct 21
  • Cherry Plum Feb 29
  • Common Hawthorn Nov 23
  • Common Sunflower  Sep 23
  • Firethorn Dec 21
  • Garden Lupin Jul 33
  • Grape Hyacinth  Apr 19
  • Wallflower May 31
  • White Melilot  Aug 35

Beattie, Kevin
The National Hive Count  Dec 33

The Bee Craft Team

  • Apimondia in Turkey  Feb 27
  • Asian Hornet Update  May 11
  • Bee Craft Photo of the Month Competition  Dec 24
  • The Bee Craft Research Lectures   Sep 24
  • Don't Ever Tell Paul Vagg What You Think He Can't Do!  Feb 14
  • Hoping to Meet Beekeeping's Future Mar 20
  • Meet the England IMYB Team  Jun 21
  • Meet the England Team  May 23
  • National Honey Show Jan 30
  • Starting the Season Right  May 15
  • Tackling Severe Stress with Beekeeping  Apr 11
  • Totty's Bees  Apr 44
  • Wild Pollinators  Jul 19
  • The Worker Bee: Manchester's Symbol of Unity  Jul 8

The Bkids  Jan - Oct 42, Nov 28, Dec 42

Brown, Clare
My Family-friendly Apiary  Apr 14

Burlew, Rusty

  • Bees and Pets  Jul 37
  • Should You Try to Save a Failing Colony Apr 24

Chandler, Chris
Bee Rescue  Jan 35

Chilcott, Ann
Eavesdropping in the Apiary  Jan 7

Clarke, Dominic
Live from the Hive  Jan 28

Clarke, Malcolm
For Beginners  Jan 20. Feb 17, Mar 21, Apr 27, May 17, Jun 27, Jul 21, Aug 16, Sep 27, Oct 11, Nov 20, Dec 26

Clouston, George
Remote Hive Monitoring Aug 24

Cracknell, Martyn
The Honey Tasting Dilemma Feb 13

Cross, Paul
Beekeeping with Local Bees May 36

Dennis, Brian P
Varroa Memories Nov 11

Dvykaliuk, Roman
Apiary Houses Jan 32

Everett, John
Bee Sex! The Basics  Aug 13

Fisher, Larry Alderfer
Flow Hive Experiences: Part 4  Jan 14

Fleming, Stephen

  • The $12 Million Beehive  Oct 33
  • A Buzz in the Vaults  Apr 23
  • Beekeeping's Future to Converge on Wiltshire  Jan 13
  • Bees Sans Frontiers  Sep 9
  • Crossing the River  Jul 30
  • The Effects of Neonicotinoids on Bees  Aug 9
  • From High Tech to Pot Honey  May 29
  • The Good, the Bad and the Vegetables Sep 17
  • Laline Paull's Creative Hivemind   Jun 24
  • Little and Large of Indian Bees  Mar 26
  • More Varroa Memories  Dec 18
  • The Museum of English Rural Life  Feb 10
  • The National 2017   Dec 14
  • Pollinating Your Morning Mysore Coffee  Apr 30

Flower, Mick
Beekeeping in Turkey: Part 3 Feb 20
Beekeeping in Turkey: Part 4  Mar 17

Freedman, Michael
Tirau Museum and Honey Farm  Jun 22

From the Lab:  Jan 38, Feb 36, Mar 38, Apr 40, May 38, Jun 38, Jul 38, Aug 36, Sep 36, Oct 37

Gibb, Andrew

  • The BBKA ADM  Mar 25
  • Bees in Business  Jun 34
  • The Collateral Hive Dec 30
  • Food Fraud  Jan 23
  • Françoise Hubert's Leaf Hive Oct 22
  • The Woodbury Hive Nov 15

Hall, John
Apimondia in Istanbul  Dec 22

Hannon, Don
Don Hannon's Quest  Mar 10

Harrop, Graham
A World Without Bees  Aug 40

Hemesley, Jo
London Honey Show  Jan 26

Hesbach, William
Winter Management  Dec 9

Hangout with Bee Craft   Feb 34, Mar 34, Apr 38, May 34, Jun 36, Jul 34, Aug 38, Sep 34, Oct 38, Nov 24, Dec 34

Hill, John
Bee Global: UBKA Conference  Jun 40

Hill, Susie
Not Just About Bees  Oct 30

Hocking, Martyn
Asian Hornet in Devon Nov 7

Hoskin, John

  • Bee Scene   Jan 36, Sep 38, Dec 32
  • Ian Ferguson Talks to John Hoskin  May 26
  • Monika Masarova Talks to John Hoskin  Aug 28

Hughes, Haf Wyn/
Beekeeping with Local Bees  May 36

Jones, Laura
Honey Bee Foraging  Jun 32

Jones, Richard
Historical Beekeeping on Andros   Mar 30

Learner, Jason

  • Be Afraid … Be Very Afraid!  Feb 7
  • Hive Count and BeeBase  Jan 11
  • Imports and Exports of Honey Bees  Apr 7
  • The National Hive Count   Dec 33
  • Oops! I Did it again …  Jun 17

Letters to the Editor  Jan - Sep 44, Oct 40, Dec 40

Looking Back in Bee Craft    Jan 45, Feb 33, Mar 37, Apr 35, May 40, Jun 41, Jul 40, Aug 41, Sep 41, Oct 44, Nov 27, Dec 39

Lunde, Maja
The History of Bees  Aug 40

Martin, Peggy
Foul Brood Rears its Ugly Head  May 7

Martin, Stephen John
The Asian Hornet  Dec 38

Matheson, Sheilagh
Bill Buzzes Off   Sep 19

Matheson, Sheilagh
It's the Bees' Needs   Jan 17

Mitchell, Derek
The DerekM Board  Jul 15

Obituaries

  • Dr Leslie (Bill) Bailey Jul 41
  • John Cox  May 41
  • Ken Gorman  Mar 40
  • Kingsley Law  Mar 41
  • Mike Pett  Dec 41
  • Bryan Welch Feb 41

Owen, Sebastian
The Road to Registration  Sep 21

Park, Chris
In Remembrance  Nov 19

Pepper, Esther
The innocent Beekeeper: Part 1: Starting Out  Jun 14
The Innocent Beekeeper: Part 2: Setting Up  Jul 28
The Innocent Beekeeper: Part 3: Sorting Out Aug 20
The Plight of the Bumblebee Apr 13
To Be or Not To Be a Honey Farmer  May 13

Quigley, Andrea
What on Earth? Bees: Explore, Create and Investigate  Sep 40

Ratnieks, Francis
Bee Audacious Apr 36

Rickitt Richard

  • Beekeeping on Salisbury Plain Mar 13
  • Are You the Beekeeper?   May 20
  • Battle of the Blooms  Feb 38
  • Comb Change: An Overview   Apr 32
  • Magical Mystery Tour  Aug 32
  • On Test: Inspection Box  Feb 30
  • On Test: The Vita ApiShield   Mar 29
  • On Test: Waggle Wedge  Feb 31
  • Tree Beekeeping Sep 30
  • To Vape – or not? (Using Oxalic Acid)  Dec 16

Roberts, Stuart
Invasive Species on the March  Jun 9

Rowbottom, Mike
Neonicotinoids and their Effects on Honey Bees  Oct 8

Roy, Helen
Invasive Species on the March  Jun 9

Royal Botanic Gardens
The Hive at Kew  Feb 40

Rudland, David

  • Demaree Queen Rearing  Aug 22
  • Mating Nuclei   Jul 24
  • Queen Rearing Impulses  May 24
  • Small-scale Queen Rearing  Apr 16
  • Using Cupkits for Queen Rearing  Jun 30

Russell, Peter
Making a Start  Aug 14

Ryder, Jordan
Red Mason Bees and Fruit Pollination May 32

Salmon, Nigel
Wasps: A Salutary Tale  May 28

Seeley, Tom
Eavesdropping in the Apiary Jan 7

Shaw, Wally
Top or Bottom Bee Space?  Mar 7

Sheaf, Kelly
Funny Honey: Part 1 - 3  Jun 20, Jul 36, Aug 31

Showler, Karl
Essays in Beekeeping History  Feb 40

Spon-Smith, Jenny
Celebrating 100 Years  Jul 13

Stainton, Kirsty
A Passion for Insects  Jan 18
What are Tropilaelaps?  Oct 15

Sweeney, Noël
A Bee Without a Wing is Still the Real Thing  Oct 27

Tomkins, Peter

  • More About the Apidictor  Mar 39
  • More Varroa Memories Dec 18
  • Oilseed Rape and the Neonicotinoid Ban  Aug 11

Waring, Claire

  • Beautiful Beeswax  Nov 16
  • Controlling Swarms   Apr 20
  • Dealing with Oilseed Rape  Jul 10
  • Feeding Your Bees   Sep 14
  • Preparing for Winter  Oct 24
  • Requeening a Bad-tempered Colony  Jun 13
  • Roll Your Own  Dec 28

Watkins, Max
Varroa Memories Nov 11

Westphal, Undine
Beekeeping with Children and School Groups  Sep 40

Williams, Chris
The Flow Hive Trial: Building the Hive Jul 27
The Flow Hive Trial: Part 2: Filling the Hive with Bees  Aug 27

Bee Craft 2017: List of Subjects

Associations                                                                                                             

  • Celebrating 100 Years Jul 13
  • The 'Api Life of Brian Jun 46, Jul 46, Aug 46, Sep 46, Oct 45, Dec 37

Around the Colony Jan - Dec 5

The B Kids Jan - Dec 42

Book Reviews                                                                                                           

  • The Asian Hornet Dec 38
  • Beekeeping with Children and School Groups  Sep 40
  • The Chain Bridge Honey Bible  Feb 40
  • Essays in Beekeeping History  Feb 40
  • The History of Bees  Aug 40
  • The Hive at Kew  Feb 40
  • Pollination Power  Aug 40
  • What on Earth? Bees: Explore, Create and Investigate  Sep 40
  • A World Without Bees  Aug 40

Conferences and Events                                                                                          

  • Apimondia in Istanbul  Dec 22
  • Apimondia in Turkey  Feb 27
  • The BBKA ADM  Mar 25
  • Bee Global: UBKA Conference  Jun 40
  • Beekeeping with Local Bees  May 36
  • Beekeeping's Future to Converge on Wiltshire  Jan 13
  • Bees in Business  Jun 34
  • Bees Sans Frontiers  Sep 9
  • Hoping to Meet Beekeeping's Future  Mar 20
  • London Honey Show  Jan 26
  • Meet the England IMYB Team  May 23, Jun 21
  • The National 2017  Dec 14
  • National Honey Show  Jan 30
  • Not Just About Bees  Oct 30
  • Starting the Season Right  May 15

General                                                                                                                    

  • Are You the Beekeeper? May 20
  • Beautiful Beeswax  Nov 16
  • Bee Craft Photo of the Month Competition  Dec 24
  • Bee Rescue  Jan 35
  • Bee Scene  Jan 36, Sep 38, Dec 32
  • Bee Sex! The Basics  Aug 13
  • Beekeeping on Salisbury Plain  Mar 13
  • Bees and Pets  Jul 37
  • Bill Buzzes Off  Sep 19
  • A Buzz in the Vaults  Apr 23
  • Don Hannon's Quest  Mar 10
  • Eavesdropping in the Apiary  Jan 7
  • Food Fraud  Jan 23
  • Funny Honey  Jun 20, Jul 36, Aug 31
  • In Remembrance  Nov 19
  • It's the Bees' Needs  Jan 17
  • Magical Mystery Tour  Aug 32
  • Making a Start  Aug 14
  • My Family-friendly Apiary  Apr 14
  • On Test: Inspection Box  Feb 30
  • On Test: Waggle Wedge  Feb 31
  • Roll Your Own  Dec 28
  • Tackling Severe Stress with Beekeeping  Apr 11
  • The $12 Million Beehive Oct 33
  • The Good, the Bad and the Vegetables  Sep 17
  • The Honey Tasting Dilemma  Feb 13
  • The innocent Beekeeper  Jun 14, Jul 28, Aug 20
  • The National Hive Count  Dec 33
  • The Worker Bee: Manchester's Symbol of Unity  Jul 8
  • Tirau Museum and Honey Farm  Jun 22
  • To Be or Not To Be a Honey Farmer  May 13
  • Totty's Bees  Apr 44
  • Tree Beekeeping  Sep 30
  • Wild Pollinators  Jul 19

Hangout with Bee Craft  Feb - Mar 34, Apr 38, May 34, Jun 36, Jul 34, Aug 38, Sep 34, Oct 38, Nov 24, Dec 34

History                                                                                                                      

  • The Collateral Hive  Dec 30
  • Françoise Hubert's Leaf Hive  Oct 22
  • Historical Beekeeping on Andros  Mar 30
  • Looking Back in Bee Craft  Jan 45, Feb 33, Mar 37, Apr 35, May 40, Jun 41, Jul 40, Aug 41, Sep 41, Oct 44, Nov 27, Dec 39
  • More About the Apidictor  Mar 39
  • The Museum of English Rural Life  Feb 10
  • The Woodbury Hive  Nov 15

Interviews                                                                                                                 

  • Crossing the River  Jul 30
  • Don't Ever Tell Paul Vagg What You Think He Can't Do  Feb 14
  • Ian Ferguson Talks to John Hoskin  May 26
  • Laline Paull's Creative Hivemind  Jun 24
  • Monika Masarova Talks to John Hoskin  Aug 28
  • The Plight of the Bumblebee  Apr 13

Legislation                                                                                                                

  • A Bee Without a Wing is Still the Real Thing  Oct 27
  • Imports and Exports of Honey Bees  Apr 7

Letters to the Editor Jan - Sep 44, Oct 40, Dec 40

Management                                                                                                            

  • Comb Change: An Overview  Apr 32
  • Controlling Swarms  Apr 20
  • Dealing with Oilseed Rape  Jul 10
  • Demaree Queen Rearing  Aug 22
  • Émile Warré – Naturally  Feb 23
  • Feeding Your Bees  Sep 14
  • Flow Hive Experiences: Part 4  Jan 14
  • Mating Nuclei  Jul 24
  • Preparing for Winter  Oct 24
  • Queen Rearing Impulses  May 24
  • Remote Hive Monitoring  Aug 24
  • Requeening a Bad-tempered Colony  Jun 13
  • Should You Try to Save a Failing Colony?  Apr 24
  • Small-scale Queen Rearing  Apr 16
  • The DerekM Board  Jul 15
  • The Flow Hive Trial  Jul 27, Aug 27
  • Top or Bottom Bee Space?  Mar 7
  • Using Cupkits for Queen Rearing  Jun 30
  • Winter Management  Dec 9

National Bee Unit                                                                                                     
Hive Count and BeeBase  Jan 11

Obituaries                                                                                                                 

  • Dr Leslie (Bill) Bailey  Jul 41
  • John Cox  May 41
  • Ken Gorman  Mar 40
  • Kingsley Law  Mar 41
  • Mike Pett  Dec 41
  • Bryan Welch  Feb 41

Overseas Beekeeping                                                                                              

  • Apiarists Against the Odds  Oct 18
  • Apiary Houses  Jan 32
  • Beekeeping in Turkey  Feb 20, Mar 17
  • From High Tech to Pot Honey  May 29
  • Little and Large of Indian Bees  Mar 26
  • Pollinating Your Morning Mysore Coffee  Apr 30

Pests and Diseases                                                                                                  

  • Asian Hornet in Devon  Nov 7
  • Asian Hornet Update  May 11
  • Be Afraid … Be Very Afraid!  Feb 7
  • Bee Audacious  Apr 36
  • The Effects of Neonicotinoids on Bees  Aug 9
  • Foul Brood Rears its Ugly Head  May 7
  • Invasive Species on the March  Jun 9
  • More Varroa Memories  Dec 18
  • Neonicotinoids and their Effects on Honey Bees  Oct 8
  • Oilseed Rape and the Neonicotinoid Ban  Aug 11
  • On Test: The Vita ApiShield  Mar 29
  • Oops! I Did it again …  Jun 17
  • The Road to Registration  Sep 21
  • Using Oxalic Acid  Dec 16
  • Varroa Memories  Nov 11
  • Wasps: A Salutary Tale  May 28
  • What are Tropilaelaps? Oct 15

Plants for Bees and Other Pollinators                                                                       

  • Asparagus  Jun 35
  • Aubretia  Mar 33
  • Battle of the Blooms  Feb 38
  • Black Alder  Jan 41
  • Bristly Oxtongue  Oct 21
  • Cherry Plum  Feb 29
  • Common Hawthorn  Nov 23
  • Common Sunflower  Sep 23
  • Firethorn Dec 21
  • Garden Lupin  Jul 33
  • Grape Hyacinth  Apr 19
  • Honey Bee Foraging  Jun 32
  • White Melilot  Aug 35
  • Wallflower  May 31

Research                                                                                                                  

  • The Bee Craft Research Lectures  Sep 24
  • Live from the Hive  Jan 28
  • A Passion for Insects  Jan 18
  • Red Mason Bees and Fruit Pollination  May 32

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