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Obedience Training Refined

Sit!
Sit!
A few year ago, trainers may have forced a dog to learn the command “sit” by placing his hand on the animal’s rump. Today’s methods are quite different, according to Dr. Pamela Reid.
“We no longer use physical manipulation because we have realized that reward-based training is much more successful.”
As example, Dr. Reid points out that [...]

Early Beekeeping Journal Available Online

The first 20 volumes of the first English-language beekeeping journal, The American Bee Journal, has been added to the Hive and the Honeybee online library of historical beekeeping materials at Cornell’s Albert R. Mann Library.
In print since 1861, The American Bee Journal (ABJ) has featured contributions by such major apiculturists as L.L. Langstroth, Henry Alley, [...]