Why Honey Supers Matter Bees make honey as a way to preserve their food through the winter. They often make excess, which becomes a sweet perk for the beekeeper. Bees...
Beekeeper’s Guide To Seasonal Beekeeping Tasks: Part 1 (Winter And Spring)
Beekeeping is becoming an increasingly popular and eco-friendly hobby for countless Americans. In fact, the USDA reports that as of 2014, the number of colonies managed by human beekeepers was...
Eight is Great Because of Weight
Langstroth hives, which are box-type beehives that hold removable frames, are the most popular hives in use today. They were invented by Reverend Lorenzo Langstroth in the USA more than...
Top Three Uses for Queen Excluders
There are multiple uses for queen excluders. From keeping queens out of honey supers to more advanced re-queening techniques, queen excluders offer beekeepers an array of interesting options to integrate...
How To Winterize Your Hives [Part 2]
In part one of our continuing series on wintering your hives, we discussed treatment for mites and hive strength. In Part Two we'll be covering best practices for winter feeding...
How To Winterize Your Hives [Part 1]
One of a Beekeeper’s main responsibilities at the end of the honey season is to prepare for winter. This is commonly overlooked by newbees after the excitement of the flow...
The Three most important words beekeepers should know
“Every honey bee colony in the continental United States and Canada either has Varroa mites today or will have them within several months.” – Honey Bee Health Coalition This bold...
Stacked for Sweetness – Adding A Honey Super
To Swarm Or Not To Swarm Tim got his package of live honey bees, placed them in the single deep brood box and couldn’t wait to get his hands on...
Small Hive Beetle Warning
There's a new pest in town, and it’s not here to make friends with your honey bees. The Small Hive Beetle (SHB) is an invasive and damaging pest of honey bee...
The Number One Mistake Modern Beekeepers Want To Avoid
For thousands of years, the science of beekeeping has presented challenges to that special breed of people who have a passion for working with bees. Taking too much honey during...
Hive Placement – Top 4 Factors
Location, Location, Location! Where you ultimately decide to place your hives can have a huge effect on the success you have raising healthy bees. Hive management is not possible if...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Fall Bee Treatment
What is happening: The honey supers are all off of the hives and I am down to two deep supers for brood chambers on all three hives. What I am...
Alan’s Bee Chronicles – Inspecting for Honey Harvest
About a week and a half prior to preparing for honey extraction, I wanted to see what kind of honey harvest I was going to get. As you can see...