by Phil Mariola (reprinted with permission from the Summer 1987 AMA Journal) Most people who aren’t beekeepers or who don’t have a family member who is a beekeeper know surprisingly little about honey. Honey, as defined by the USDA, is “the nectar...
by Michael SissonFirst collect your materials. Honey: the neon messages of corolla colors clash like advertisements in a language absolutely material: sap secreted in the center of buckwheat, clover, goldenrod – names that allude to pastoral origins, essential...
BY JAMES E. TEW, Ph.D. (reprinted with permission from the AMA Meadmaker, Summer 1987)In 1957, a project was undertaken to establish a more productive honey bee in Brazil. Queens from various parts of Africa were imported to San Paulo, Brazil and introduced into...
By Pamela Spence(from the AMA Journal, Summer 1987)West Virginia, the state known as "almost heaven" comes a little closer to divinity through the efforts of Dr. Ferenc (Frank) Androczi. At his Little Hungary Farm Winery in Buckhannon, the retired professor...
BOULDER, COLORADO – March 6, 2007 – On April 7, America’s craft brewers will host ‘Brew Years Eve’ celebrations recognizing the Repeal of Prohibition for beer. It was on this date in 1933 that newly elected President Roosevelt spurred...
