Cultivating an apiary is a way to get into farming or expand your farm’s capabilities. You can sell your raw product, honey, in wholesale markets, at local farmers markets, or through your own ecommerce store. You can also make value-added, farm-to-table goods, like beeswax candles, bo...
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Give yourself time and space. Beeswax candle dipping is a slow craft that you will enjoy more if you set aside the time for it to happen at an unhurried pace. Also, if you are using your kitchen for candle dipping, don’t plan to also use it for cooking while your stovetop is occupi...
This study highlights the need for spatial planning to balance urban beekeeping and wild bee conservation, recommending actions to match habitat quality to apiary densities to mitigate competitive pressures.Similar content being viewed by others Response of wild bee communities to beekeeping, urbanization,...
Apiaries are farms too, though most people don’t picture them when asked to envision a traditional farm. What is an apiary? A honey farm! Apiaries are bee yards where farmers who produce honey keep hives. In some areas, the apiaries are set up year-round, but in others, the hives ...
Give yourself time and space. Beeswax candle dipping is a slow craft that you will enjoy more if you set aside the time for it to happen at an unhurried pace. Also, if you are using your kitchen for candle dipping, don’t plan to also use it for cooking while your stovetop is occupi...
If you tend to keep your dog outdoors in a confined area, ensure your dog is kept far away from your apiary. Keeping your dog at a distance ensures that an aggressive bee attack does not leave your dog trapped. Your dog needs to be able to escape fromaggressive attacksat a moments noti...
Charlene, a beekeeper in Georgia, described the nightmare she discovered in her only hive. After a summer trip to Nashville, she returned to find foul-smelling honey reminiscent of acetone pooling on the varroa drawer. From there it had sluiced off the edges in viscous globs that rolled in ...
If you are interested in beekeeping and want to increase the number of bees in your apiary, you may want to attract wild bees using abait hive or bait box. A bait hive is a way of providing a new home for swarming bees and setting up a new colony. ...
), and others I’ve met along the way through social media, buying supplies at the feed store, or when purchasing an animal from them. Look for local homesteading/chicken keeping/apiary groups and join their meet-ups, and be open to high-quality Facebook groups on the homesteading topic ...