Bees are an essential and indispensable part of the ecosystem; however, that does not mean you have to share your house with them. A beehive inside the property can be very inconvenient and pose serious threats to the inhabitants of the house. Identify the species before you begin the bee c...
Beekeeping Disappearing Bees: Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) Bee Anatomy Flowering plants need the help of pollinators, like bees, to reproduce. Image courtesy MorgueFile Scientists suspect that bees and flowering plants both evolved around 100 million years ago, in the middle of the Cretaceo...
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If a beekeeper writes an email to connect a group of other beekeepers with similar opinions, hyperlinks should help to build that connection and encourage conversation. Hyperlinks to forums, message boards, or beekeeping groups make sense, especially if they’re related to the organization writing...
If you're getting started in the beekeeping business, or as a hobby, the first thing that you will want to know is how to spot the queen bee of the hive. And also, a technique called "Splitting the Hive" so you can begin an entirely new hive out of the one you already have. In...
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Of course, that will challenge the thinking of some beekeepers, but maybe that’s exactly what needs to happen because beekeeping these days is different. Going into winter with high viral loads and compromised populations, may require that we pay more attention to providing food sources that ...
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When splitting the hive and dividing resources, concentrate on the number nurse bees, not the number of foragers. If you are splitting within your own apiary (or within a two-mile radius of it) the foragers will return to their original hive or to the split that contains their queen. Try...
Our family owns a beekeeping farm, and we use honey daily. Beekeeping is an all-consuming endeavor. Bees are industrious creatures, and to reap the rewards of their labor, you must be equally diligent. Our farm is eco-certified, which means we adhere to the strictest environmental standards...