Thinking about getting into beekeeping? GloryBee is here to help. We have three instructional beekeeping classes scheduled for early 2016 leading up to our Annual Bee Weekend. All classes will...
Honey Bees Would Rather Eat Than Sting
Interesting article today from the Washington Post about honey bee behavior. Judith Reinhard from the University of Queensland and Martin Giurfa from the University of Toulouse found that bees were...
Australian Blue-Banded Bees are Heavy Metal Fans?
Some very interesting (and amusing) video from RMIT University in Melbourne Australia. Researchers used high speed video to capture how Australian blue-banded bees pollinate flowers compared to other bees. Turns...
HUGE Bee Swarm
We've seen some big swarms in our day, but *nothing* compared to this. According to the photographer, it was about 6 and half feet long and about 3 feet tall....
Motorized Apiaries
We sell motorized extractors in our factory store, but these mobile apiaries from Romania take motorized beekeeping to a whole new level! Interesting idea and it might be a bit...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles-Checking Up on the Bees
I decided to check on the bees after I completed the third API VAR treatment two weeks ago and feeding the bees a vinegar sugar syrup. I was curious about...
Quartz: Scientists discover what’s killing the bees and it’s worse than you thought
Todd Woody at Quartz.com has a great article on the causes of CCD. This is near mandatory reading for beekeepers or anybody concerned with our disappearing pollinators. [T]he mysterious mass...
GloryBee Donates to OSU Bee Lab
GloryBee Honey and Aunt Patty’s brands donate 1% of annual retail sales revenue to "Save the Bee" programs and “Healthy living” initiatives. Bees not only provide us with delicious honey...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Looking forward to harvest season!
Just a quick update on my hives. Nearly every hive is doing well and we’re seeing some great honey production. I’m really looking forward to harvest season and I will...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Catching a swarm
I recently caught a swarm for my friend Wally. A local neighbor boy Dillon who is a friend of our son's John and Eli joined us in the rescue. Dillon...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Colony Check – All is Well!
My eight year old son joined me to check on our three hives as the weather was sunny and warm enough to check on the queen and the brood. It...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Feed supply for my Hives
I've been waiting for a sunny day to check the feed supply for my three hives. It's important to make sure that your hives have enough to eat if their...
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Working the Bees
The main purpose of working the bees today was to attempt to weaken the packaged bee hive and give it more space while in turn strengthening the swarm hive. First...