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Built for your exact location and each of your hives. It changes with the season and with every inspection report you send in.

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Your exact spotweather and bloom for your apiary

Each hiveits own report card

Sources citedUGA, USDA and more

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This week's issue, built for Crawford.

See what changes place to place

Crawford next to Smiths Farm in Putney.

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A note from Curtis

Thanks for taking a look. Everything here is the real thing: this week's issue for your club, built the same way every member's will be. Flip through the pages, click around, and if something doesn't fit how bees are kept in your area, that's exactly what I want to hear.

— Curtis Smith

This week · club copy for Crawford

Your club's sample issue

Built fresh every Friday for Crawford, just as a member would get it. Flip through every page. The two hives in it are examples: one healthy, one that needs attention.

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Next: What's in every issue ▸

Every Friday

What's in every issue

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Best days to work your hives

From your local forecast

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What's blooming near you

Now, and what's coming next

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A report card for each hive

Mites, queen, brood, stores and more

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Mite counts checked

With treatments that fit this week's weather

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A short priority task list

What to do first this week

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Health Watch & Spotlight

What to watch this season, one pest or disease up close

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Plan ahead

Next month's jobs and seasonal checklists, hive by hive

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One lesson a week

87-lesson course, beginner to advanced

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Ask a question

Send photos, get an answer with sources

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A printable inspection record

Fill it in at the hive, then send it in

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The Peanut Gallery

A beekeeping story to end every issue

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Large, easy-to-read print

On paper or on screen

Everything comes from university extension programs, starting with UGA, plus USDA guidance and established research. Every lesson says where it came from.

Also, when it matters: local weather alerts from the National Weather Service · "Following up on what you sent" · readers' questions and answers · what's normal this month

Next: Place to place ▸

Place to place

Crawford next to Smiths Farm in Putney

Same week, same example hives. Only the location is different, so everything that changes is because of where the bees are. Grey pages are the same for both.

🌤️ Work days

Different forecast, different best days.

🌼 Bloom

What's flowering near each spot.

✅ Tasks

What to do first, for each place.

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Next: Hive report card ▸

One page per apiary

A report card for each hive

If a hive's mite count goes up, next week's issue tells you what to do about it. These are the two example hives from this week's sample.

Hive 1 (white)All good

🔬 Mites1 per 100Oct 2

👑 QueenQueen seenOct 2

🥚 BroodSolid cappedOct 2

🍯 StoresPlenty of honeyOct 2

🐝 ColonyStrong, 8 framesOct 2

🪲 PestsNo pests seenOct 2

🛡️ TemperamentCalmOct 2

🥣 FeedingNot feedingOct 2

➜ Do this first: keep up your regular checks and send in what you see.

Hive 2 (yellow)Act now

🔬 Mites4 per 100Oct 2

👑 QueenNot confirmedOct 2

🥚 BroodSpotty patternOct 2

🍯 StoresLight storesOct 2

🐝 ColonyWeak, 4 framesOct 2

🪲 PestsBeetles, a fewOct 2

🛡️ TemperamentDefensiveOct 2

🥣 FeedingNot feeding yetOct 2

➜ Do this first: treat for mites now, using one of this week's treatments, and count again after.

How your report changes next week's issue

1. You check Hive 2

Alcohol wash: 12 mites in about 300 bees.

2. You send it in

Online form, the paper form, or a reply to your email.

3. Next Friday

Hive 2 turns red, "Do this first: treat," with treatments that fit the week's temperatures.

Colors: green good · yellow watch · red act now · grey not checked yet. A color only appears when somebody looked.

Next: Read a full lesson ▸

The Course Book

Read a full lesson

One lesson comes with every issue: 87 lessons, beginner to advanced, covering every topic on UGA's list for the Georgia Certified Beekeeper exam, with a practice exam at the end. Here is a whole one, start to finish: Lesson 12, How Colonies Reproduce: Swarming, a beginner lesson.

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Founding Beta Members

The offer

Founding Beta Members

Your first year is free.

After that, you keep 50% off for as long as you want it. All we ask is your honest feedback: what you like, anything you would do differently, and anything that doesn't fit how bees are kept in your area.

Regular price: $99.99 a year (2 months free) or $9.99 a month. Founding Beta Members: first year free, then half of that.

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Your club, too

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📅Your meetings and events

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📣Club News board

Planned: clubs post their own notices.

Planned · how it could look in your members' issues

📅 Oglethorpe County Bee Club

Meetings: 3rd Monday of the month at 7pm · Farm Bureau, 925 Athens Road, Crawford GA

From the Georgia Beekeepers Association club directory.

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One last thing: our reports are friendly, well-sourced advice, but bees are living animals and nobody can promise results. Please open the short notice below, then check the box.

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Please read: educational information only. The Everyday Bee Keeper's Weekly Report shares beekeeping information drawn from cited university, extension and government sources, such as University of Georgia Cooperative Extension, Auburn/Alabama Extension, University of Florida IFAS, Penn State Extension and the USDA. These organizations do not review or endorse this magazine.

Bees are living animals. Weather, pests, disease, forage, chemicals and hive conditions we can't see all affect your colonies, and colonies can weaken or die even when good practices are followed. We do not guarantee any result. By using this information you agree that you are responsible for your own hives and decisions, and that the publisher of The Everyday Bee Keeper's Weekly Report is not liable for colony losses, stings, property damage or other outcomes.

Always follow product labels and your state's laws, and contact your county extension office or state apiary inspector about problems with your own hives.

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Your first issue arrives Friday, built for your own apiary.
Send in your inspections; your report cards follow your hives.
Tell us what you like and what to change.

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Do I need an account or password?

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Where does the advice come from?

University extension programs (UGA first), USDA and established research. Every lesson cites its source.

How do I send in my inspections?

By the online form, the paper form in each issue, or a reply to your weekly email.

Can I stop any time?

Yes, no obligation. A monthly subscription stops whenever you say. A yearly subscription runs to the end of the year you paid for, then stops. Founding Beta Members pay nothing the first year.