It makes little difference if you are installing only a single package if there are no other hives immediately nearby (if there are, install late near dusk to avoid drift of bees to the established hive). In general, lift out the feeder can to remove the queen cage, and hang the cage ...
After 15 years of beekeeping and countless hours working with beeswax in my workshop, I can tell you that cleaning up beeswax residue is one of those skills that comes with plenty of hard-won lessons. If you haven’t read my guide on how to melt beeswax, I recommend checking it out si...
along the edge of the Frank Lake watershed, past the driveways of a couple of Hutterite colonies, near the Frankburg Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, then over the snowy Buffalo Hills, and finally through the Snake Creek valley to the
OnJune 1, 2023,the first IT apiary in Ukraine was inaugurated near Kyiv, coinciding withInternational Children’s Day. The Smart (IT) apiary consists of 10 identical AmoHive smart hives. Alongside the opening of this innovative facility, several groundbreaking research studies were initiated: Resear...
Two of these lessons are to:Anticipate and Monitor Change, and thenAdapt To Change QuicklyLike it or not, things change. Niches, whether ecological or in business, change continually. Those who adapt may enjoy success; those who don’t, go extinct. Both the honey bee and their keepers ...
I had a great year the next season, but was about to learn a few important lessons: Lesson #1: Mite immigration from collapsing colonies. I was enjoying my success at having conquered varroa. The next year I treated my hives as per recommendation in early fall and cleaned them of mites....
The determining factors underlying the success and failure of beekeeping development projects highlight the need to understand better the knowledge and lessons learned from professionals working in apiculture development to better design, implement and facilitate beekeeping projects [312]. There is an oppo...
I am acutely aware that there are suggestions that the neonics may be causing insidious effects in the environment, and I’ve studied the excellent environmental document Late Lessons from Early Warnings [36], which hammers the message that we should use the “precautionary principle” when ...