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		<title>Build It or Buy It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Murrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long Ago and Far Away It&#8217;s been 32 years since I built my first top bar hive! There weren&#8217;t even any tbh plans back then. Just the concept of a sloped sided box with comb wide top bars. That first &#8230; <a href="http://beenatural.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/build-it-or-buy-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beenatural.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9994692&amp;post=6791&amp;subd=beenatural&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Bar Hive Podcast</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Murrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Craig&#8217;s organically managed beekeeping blog, The Southern Maryland Beekeeper, is back online and has another neat podcast concerning top bar hive/Warre&#8217; style beekeeping. In this podcast he interviews Matt Reed of BeeThinking.com. Matt runs and manufactures top bar hives. On &#8230; <a href="http://beenatural.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/top-bar-hive-podcast/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beenatural.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9994692&amp;post=6740&amp;subd=beenatural&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parasitic Fly Threatens Bees</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Murrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a new honeybee pest in North America. It&#8217;s a native A. borealis phorid fly who lays eggs inside honeybee workers. The larva change bee behavior. This fly apparently has switched hosts from native bumble bees to the honeybee. Could &#8230; <a href="http://beenatural.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/parasitic-fly-threatens-bees/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beenatural.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9994692&amp;post=6728&amp;subd=beenatural&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Look and Feel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Murrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Guys It&#8217;s a new year. The bees are in cold storage for awhile. And it&#8217;s time for a Bee Natural make over. The new look is inspired by Apple&#8217;s iPod. It includes a fancier background reminiscent of the 2006 &#8230; <a href="http://beenatural.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/new-look-and-feel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beenatural.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9994692&amp;post=6715&amp;subd=beenatural&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Murrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Honeybees are the ultimate collaborators. A colony, the result of that collaboration is much more than just the sum of the parts. There&#8217;s another group of great collaborators. And it&#8217;s us. Our ability to collaborate makes us what we are. &#8230; <a href="http://beenatural.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/collaboration/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beenatural.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9994692&amp;post=6549&amp;subd=beenatural&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bee Unto Others</title>
		<link>http://beenatural.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/bee-unto-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Murrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interested in beneficial bacteria in bees? In bee probiotics? Checkout Laurie Ramona Herboldsheimer&#8217;s Micro Refs. Dean and Laurie are quite active in the small cell/treatment free beekeeping scene. They&#8217;ve recorded much original video/content that would make a great addition to &#8230; <a href="http://beenatural.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/bee-unto-others/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beenatural.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9994692&amp;post=6543&amp;subd=beenatural&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beehive Probiotic News</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Murrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ted Hankock, at Bee-L, posts a very interesting link to a Cosmos article describing some bee gut bacteria transfer experiments. Previous research has demonstrated the importance that probiotic honeybee gut bacteria play to disease resistance. For me, the implications are &#8230; <a href="http://beenatural.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/beehive-probiotic-news/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beenatural.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9994692&amp;post=6202&amp;subd=beenatural&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oxalic Acid&#8217;s Sublethal Effects</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:54:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Murrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Treating bees with oxalic acid damages honeybees. Peter Borst, at Bee-L, writes: Sublethal effects of oxalic acid on Apis mellifera are hardly investigated. However, permanent damages of the digestive organs of adult workers are described. This can influence the nutrient &#8230; <a href="http://beenatural.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/oxalic-acids-sublethal-effects/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beenatural.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9994692&amp;post=6198&amp;subd=beenatural&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>First Semiload of Westbound Bees and Snow</title>
		<link>http://beenatural.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/first-semiload-bees-snow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 02:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Murrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I saw my first load of commercial bees headed west. That&#8217;s almost two months ahead of what&#8217;s normal. It&#8217;s been a strange year with semi loads of bees trucking toward the Dakotas through mid-summer. Now they&#8217;re high tailing it &#8230; <a href="http://beenatural.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/first-semiload-bees-snow/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beenatural.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9994692&amp;post=5942&amp;subd=beenatural&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chilling Out with Probiotics</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 18:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis Murrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More probiotic news from Science Friday: Probiotic Bacteria Chill Out Anxious Mice Reporting in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers write of reducing anxiety and stress in mice by feeding them a probiotic-laced broth. Study author John Cryan &#8230; <a href="http://beenatural.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/chilling-out-with-probiotics/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=beenatural.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9994692&amp;post=5844&amp;subd=beenatural&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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