Homestead Herbs for Bees and You Gardening is a relaxing activity that many people enjoy. Perhaps, you grow vegetable plants to produce food for your table or have an orchard for fresh fruit. Consider adding another type of plant. Herbs have many practical homestead uses. And, flowering herbs for bees are a wonderful food source. […]
Using Pollen Patties to Promote Strong Beehives
Make Your Own Pollen Patties For Bees Are you new to the beekeeping community? You may be surprised to hear beekeepers talking about buying or making pollen patties. Feeding pollen patties can be the difference between having a weak honey bee colony and one that is strong, healthy and ready to work Why Beekeepers Feed […]
Installing a Package of Bees In Your Hive
Installing a Package of Bees Are you faced with the task of installing a package of bees for the first time? With the popularity of beekeeping, finding honey bees for sale is easier than ever before. The most common method of obtaining honey bees for your new hive is to purchase a package of bees. […]
How Bees Make Honey?
How Do Bees Make Honey ? The worker bee flies from flower to flower. She inserts her long tongue into the blossom and sucks up sweet nectar. This job is not done to find lunch. She is working for the good of the honey bee colony. Let’s explore how bees make honey and why they […]
Beeswax Balm – Make Your Own
How to Make a Beeswax Balm for Your Feet Beeswax is an all-natural product made by honey bees. When beekeepers harvest excess honey from the hives, some beeswax is left over. And we can do so many wonderful things with it! You can make your own beeswax balm to use for many purposes – including […]
The Best Technique for Requeening A Hive
How to Requeen A Hive Successfully Honey bees have a good system for growing and maintaining their colonies. The colony grows, swarms when it grows too large and produces a new queen when needed. However, in beekeeping there are times when you will need to consider requeening a hive. This is a scary event for […]
Queen Excluder: Should You or Shouldn’t You Use One
The Controversial Queen Excluder Beekeeping is a hobby full of many different kinds of interesting equipment. All pieces of equipment are not used by every beekeeper. Queen excluders are the subject of controversy among many beekeepers. Should you use a queen excluder on your beehive? That is a question that many new beekeepers ask themselves. And unfortunately, […]
Small Hive Beetles In The Beehive
Black Beetles in My Hive The beekeeper walks out to the hive to perform a routine hive inspection. The top is removed in anticipation of being greeted by busy honey bees. But wait… what are those black beetles running around in the hive? You have just met the Small Hive Beetle , Aethina tumidda, or (SHB) […]
Dead Bees in Winter-Why Bees Die
Dead Bees in Winter – Why Did My Hive Die? Beekeepers work very hard to maintain healthy honey bee colonies. We go out to check our colony on a mild winter day and find our hive dead. It is so discouraging to find dead bees in Winter. We sometimes blame ourselves but is it our […]