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...
Inside Your Hive: Should You Be Concerned?
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...
Use This One Strange Trick To Catch A Swarm This Season
When Life Gives You Lemongrass Did you know that honey bees are attracted to the smell of lemongrass essential oil? It's true! In fact, lemongrass essential oil mimics the nasonov...
Puerto Rico’s hurricane destruction may have doomed the world’s honey bees?
You probably have heard of “killer bees”. In the 1970’s there was even a string of movies dedicated to sensationalizing these aggressive insects. But killer bees are not some made...
Buying A Package of Bees
The rewards of beekeeping extend far beyond just honey. Bees create more bountiful gardens and orchards for you and your surrounding community. In addition, they provide excellent health supplements like...
Urban Beekeeping: 5 Steps for Starting Out
Are you a city dweller who dreams of beekeeping? You might have thought it was impossible unless you moved out into the country. Or maybe you’ve heard of Urban Beekeeping,...
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....
Bee Chronicles by Alan – Last Year’s Hive
Two weeks after the second story had been added the queen is clearly busy at work as 5 frames are fully laid with eggs and two frames are full of...
LESSON 12: How to Hive a Swarm
Swarming is an instinctive part of the annual lifecycle of the honey bee. The tendency is usually the greatest in the spring, when the bees increase their population rapidly before...
LESSON 11: Swarming, Causes and Control
Swarming is a very real concern for any beekeeper. When bees swarm, they usually divide the colony into a large group and leave to look for a new hive. They...
LESSON 10: How to Manage Bees
When it comes to managing bees, there are three times of the year that require different types of hive management-- Winter, Early Spring and Summer. Each season is crucial to...