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When you inspect a hive, you're usually checking the temper, space, activity, brood, and laying pattern. But there are additional duties you should be...
The small hive beetle is an opportunistic pest found within the beehive. They can't destroy a strong, heavily populated hive in the middle of Summer, ...
A lot of articles and news stories talk about the collapse of the honey bee population and how important it is to help them, but really, it’s all poll...
Beekeeping associations are a great place to network with other beekeepers, learn about beekeeping in your climate, get recommendations for local p...
When you watch the Flow Hive video, everything looks perfect. The honey flows right into the jar. No bees fly into the honey. The honey doesn't go too...
You extracted some honey and now have a bunch of beautiful, drawn out comb. Ideally, you would store it until next Spring/Summer, but how can you do t...
There are different ways to make a solar wax melter. The way I did it is probably the easiest and the fastest way to make one. That's why I chose this...
Summer is a busy time for the bees. As a beekeeper, you may see the bees doing a variety of things that you're not used to - robbing, bearding, gather...
When bees secrete beeswax, it's white. As bees walk over the comb and fill it up with nectar and pollen, the wax turns various shades of orange and ye...
Working as a beekeeper for a commercial apiary is very different than being a hobby beekeeper. In this podcast episode I talk about my experience work...
Many people love bees and understand their value, but as soon as one comes buzzing by, their heart races, their arms start flailing and they run away....
Bee space is 3/8". This is the ideal space for bees to move throughout the hive. When you leave more than 3/8", the bees almost always connect the com...
Butterflies! You've seen these beautiful creatures flying around and maybe even tried to catch one as a kid, but how much do you really know about the...
The average honey beehive has 30,000-60,000 bees inside. There is usually only one queen, no matter how many bees there are. During the warm weather m...
Did you know that the queen bee can live up to seven years?
Most people think she is the ruler of the hive, but she is just the mother of all the be...
