The Beekeepers Quarterly - Print Edition

The Quality Quarterly with Quarterly Quality!

Current Issue – 147, March 2022.
Edited by John Phipps, since 1984.
Published 4 times a year.
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The Beekeepers Quarterly is an international English language beekeeping journal published by Northern Bee Books since 1984. Edited by John Phipps this full colour A4 magazine has over 60 pages stuffed with the latest beekeeping news, views & research.

A strong team of correspondents from all over the world report regularly on beekeeping topics of local and global importance. Whilst its contents are directed mainly to beekeeping, the magazine also looks at the wider issues which have an impact on the craft especially as regards to the environment, farming, conservation and global warming.

Our contributors have specialised knowledge on particular aspects of beekeeping, drawn largely from their own experiences, and include both amateur and commercial beekeepers, scientists, and representatives of organisations that have an interest in beekeeping as a craft or industry.

Inside This Issue:

• EDITORIAL
  Trees; Providing water for bees; Pandemics and the threat of war; & Ann Harman – a Celebration of her life and work
  John Phipps, Greece

• OBITUARIES
  Andrew Scobie; Alexander (Sandy) J Davidson; & Dawn Yates

• BEYOND THE VEIL
  Honey bees, “wild bees”, competition and viruses . . .
  Norman Carreck NDB UK

• A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE
  Jeremy Barnes, USA

• FORAGING LINES
  The Managed European Bees that aren’t Honey Bees: Alfalfa Leaf Cutting Bees (Megachile rotunda)
  Chad D. Campbell and Margaret J. Couvillon, USA

• HONEY BEE PESTS
  Braula coeca – an update
  Peter Sunderland, UK

• BEESWAX
  Beeswax today – for foundation?
  Ann Harman, USA (2011)

• HONEY BEES AND BEEKEEPING
  A Portfolio
  Peter Eastland, Greece

• LOOKING BACK
  Reminiscences
  Nigel Hurst, Scotland

• CLIMATE CHANGE
  From Different Perspectives
  Kim Flottum, USA

• TREES, TREES, TREES!
  Arbor-Bee-tum, Stuart Roberts, UK
  The Chinese Bee Tree, Evodia daniellii, Geoff Hopkinson, NDB
  Trees in my Landscape, Willie Robson, UK

• COUNTRYSIDE TALES
  A Change of Attitude
  Bill Clark, UK

• FREE LIVING BEES
  Bees Don’t Make Honey – Teams Do
  Jonathan Powell, UK

• BOOKSHELF
  Bee tiger: The Death’s Head Hawk Moth through the looking glass, by Philip Howse – reviewed by Norman L Carreck NDB • An Illustrated Glossary of Honey Bee and Beekeeping Terminology Sue Remenyl • Swarming and its Control L. E. Snelgrove • Swarming Biology and Control Wally Shaw

• OUR CORRESPONDENTS:

  Australia – Geoff Manning
  France – Job Pichon
  Canada – Daryl Wright
  Germany – Klaus Nowottnik & Jörg Ruther
  Cyprus – Roger White
  Czech Republic – Dr Vita Vydra
  England – John Owen
  Italy – Ilaria Baldi
  Lithuania – Rimantas Zujus
  Poland – Maciej Winiarski
  Portugal – Antonio Pouseiro
  Serbia – Predrag Cvetkovik
  Russia – Vitaliy Petrovsky
  Ukraine – Dr Alexander Komissar
  Sweeden – Marcus Nillson
  Ireland – Dara Scott
  USA – Kim Flottum
  Belgium – Daniel de Rycker

  And from
  THE BEE FARMERS ASSOCIATION
  Margaret Ginman