Let me answer several questions that I am asked regarding the number of hives to begin with: If I get more than one hive, will it require a lot of time? How much time you dedicate to beekeeping is entirely up to you. The extremes are, you can do nothing more than install your packa...
The solution many people have turned to is amateur beekeeping, where you can have all the honey you want, for minimal startup costs and periodic maintenance. It's a little work, but if you're a honey nut, just as much as the honeybee, then you need to become a recreational beekeeper....
Beekeeping is becoming a popular hobby and career for people who want to produce their own honey while supporting the decreasing honeybee population. There are dangers and hazards to avoid, however, and each state has requirements that beekeepers must me
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 Bee boles, or stone alcoves made to hold traditional beehives called skeps, in Wales. Image courtesy Herman Hooyschuur/ Stock.xchng Over hundreds of years, people have developed many types of manmadehivesthat provide shelter and living space for bees while making it easier to harvest...
Take one of our ONLINE BEEKEEPING CLASSES from the comfort of your home. Once our forager arrives back at her hive, she must unload her surplus. She is met by a house bee on transport duty. The forager will deflate her honey stomach just enough to dispense a droplet at a time through ...
14. Beekeeping like a Girl To be fair, this isn’t technically a food blog. However, bees (and their honey) are a hot topic today. Beekeeping has been on the rise with the #savethebees campaign, but historically it has been a male-dominated field. That’s what makes Beekeeping Like ...
Chickens and Honey Bees are great companion animals, and you can learn to keep them. This website is frequently being updated with the latest beekeeping information. Welcome!
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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