Now that you've hived your bees, you'll want to check on them weekly to be sure that the queen is alive and laying eggs. You should be able to find...
Buzz Kill: bees are dying and why it matters to you (SCIENCE DAILY)
Interesting roundup from Science Over Everything: As long as they have existed, bees have been an important and integral part of the Earth’s ecosystem; they help flowering plants reproduce and...
How To Manage Beehives In The Home During Home Renovations
As the one and only raw honey providers in the world, bees are far from being "pests"; though, they do sometimes build hives in less than ideal locations. For example,...
5 Practical Tips to Help Save the Bees
Save the Bee, Save the World Our world’s food supply depends on honey bees. One of every three bites of our food originates from bees pollinating the flowers that produce...
Steady Decline in Honey Crop Raises Concerns for Honey Bees’ Future
The crisis of declining honey bee populations is not just an American phenomenon—Europeans are experiencing the same challenges—and sadly, fewer honey bees results in less honey being made . Here’s...
Enemies of Bees: How to Protect Your Hives
People love to eat sweet honey fresh from the hive, but there are some pesky animals who love to eat bees fresh from the hive! Here is a list of...
Can Bees and Backyard Chickens Coexist?
Urban homesteading, urban farming, and urban beekeeping… whatever you call it many families are interested in raising their own food again. From vegetable gardens and fruit trees, to raising your...
Top 3 ways to prevent wax moths
freezeIt takes eight ounces of honey for bees to make one ounce of comb wax. That’s a lot of honey that the bees could have used to feed the hive...
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...
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...