Bee Farm Blog

Inset image of bees inside a hive with a full sized langstroth hive.

Peek Inside a Beehive

Products made by bees honey, beeswax, pollen and propolis image.

Products from Bees

Beekeeper looking for signs of EFB.

European Foulbrood

Three views of handmade bee gnome craft.

Make a Honey Bee Gnome

Honey bee cluster inside a beehive during a cool day.

Honey Bee Cluster

Beekeeper in apiary with supplies and equipment.

Beekeeping Equipment

Honey cupcakes decorated with bee themed designs on a red plate.

Bee-Themed Cupcakes

Honey bee with gift packages for bee themed gift ideas image.

Bee Gifts For Anyone

Bee Gift Basket Ideas

Bee Gift Basket Ideas

Gift boxes on banner beekeeper gift ideas image.

Gifts For Beekeepers

Head of honey bees showing a close up of segmented antennae.

Bee Antennae

$Drip of honey placed on glass of honey refractometer.$

Honey Refractometers

Wax cups of fresh royal jelly made by bees.

Royal Jelly from Bees

Beekeeper checking sick colony for signs of nosema disease image.

Nosema Disease in Honey Bees

Honey bees feeding on honey from a wooden dipper.

Feeding Honey to Bees

Beginning beekeeper in apiary inspecting beehive.

How to Start Beekeeping

Glass jar of honey with dipper and word pure organic and raw.

Raw Honey vs. Regular

Tools and supplies found in beehive start kits, hive parts, bee smoker and tools.

Beehive Starter Kits

Older beekeeper inspecting hive with new member of association.

Local Beekeeping Associations

Honey bee on comb responds to brood pheromones for feed.

Honey Bee Pheromones

Worker honey bees gathering food from bee feeder.

Bee Feeders

Hives in Winter snow with inset image of frames from a dead beehive.

Beehives Die During Winter

Worker honey bee foraging on white flower in garden habitat.

Honey Bee Habitat

Two types of hive tools laying on a box of frames.

Hive Tools

Worker bees feeding on sugar water image.

Feeding Sugar Water to Bees

Honey bees pollinating flower.

Why Bees are Important

Leather beekeeping gloves being worn to open a hive.

Beekeeping Gloves

Small jars of amber colored chunk honey.

Chunk Honey

Discarded beekeeping equipment from someone who has quit keeping bees.

Why Beekeepers Quit

Well prepared beehives in Winter snow image.

How to Winterize a Beehive

Small jars of best honey types worldwide image.

Best Honey In the World

Young bee larvae in wax cells.

Honey Bee Larvae

Tin of homemade plantain salve.

DIY Plantain Salve Recipe

Jar of syrup in beehive for fall bee feeding.

Feeding Bees in Fall

Beekeeper wearing snug fitting shoes with taped pant legs.

Beekeeping Shoes

Beehives and other equipment stored in shed for Winter image.

Winter Storage of Beekeeping Equipment

Varroa mites on bee brood and oxalic acid powder in vaporizer image.

Oxalic Acid for Bees

Young worker honey bees processing nectar into honey inside the hive image.

How Bees Make Honey

Macro image of head of wasp insects to show differences.

Hornet vs Wasp

Foraging Bumble Bee and Honey Bee on flowers image.

Honey bees vs Bumble bees