Tags

The back catalogue on The Apiarist contains over 600 posts and one million words. Every post carries one or more tags that make searching for related content a little easier. At least, that's the intention. Here are some of the most useful …

Top level tags

Anecdote — comedic tales of bravery in the apiary (or just anecdotes)
Beginners — we're all beginners at some time
BeeMusings — short, timely, sponsor-only posts
Practice — practical guidance, more how than why
Principles — the why, rather than the how, of bees and beekeeping
Science — the science of honey bees
Sponsors — posts for sponsors only

Queens

Queen cells — size, shape, position, and why you should leave just one
Queen introduction — how to avoid remaining queenless after being queenless
Queen mating — the birds and the bees … or just the bees
Queen quality — size, fecundity, inbreeding and spotty brood patterns
Queen rearing — the most fun you can have wearing a beesuit (almost)
Supersedure — in situ queen replacement, natural and induced

Miticides

Amitraz Apivar — miticides with amitraz as the active ingredient
Fluvalinate Apistan — pyrethroid-based miticides containing tau-fluvalinates
Formic acid MAQS — miticides with formic acid as the active ingredient
Miticide-free — increasingly popular, but there are risks involved
Miticide resistance — mechanisms and consequences of resistance in Varroa
Oxalic acid — miticides with oxalic acid as an active ingredient
Thymol Apiguard — miticides with thymol as an active ingredient

More coming soon … I have to sort them into a logical order 😉

In addition to the above, all posts carry tags for the month and year of publication, so that they end up being listed in the archives. For example, every post published in April carries the tag month-April, and every 2023 post is tagged year-2023.