Bee Farm Blog

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

Older worker honey bee with tattered wings due to age foraging image.

How Long do Bees Live?

Mating of honey bees with large queen and male drone bee.

How Bees Reproduce

Honey bees bringing nectar back to the hive.

Facts about Bees

Plate of healthy honey cranberries cookies make with white chocolate chips.

Healthy Honey Cranberry Cookies

Honey slime with bees in glass jar.

Honey Slime Craft

Close up of face and eyes of worker bee image.

Bee Eyes

Full frame from beehive with capped honey.

Capped Honey in the Hive

Beekeeper prepares to reverse the two chambers of a beehive.

Reversing Hive Bodies

Beekeeper placed beehives in shady area to keep cooler.

Beehives Cooler

Candy dish made with bee theme and terra cotta pot image.

DIY Candy Dish (Bee Themed)

Two decorative bee skep crafts.

Beehive Skep Craft

Collection of bee friendly plants in rain garden design.

Make a Rain Garden

Urban beehive on patio near city image.

Urban Beekeeping

Beehive wrapped with hive cozy insulation in snow.

Beehive Insulation

Large colony of honey bees ready for making a split image.

When and How to Split a Beehive

Dirty beekeeping gloves that need cleaned for season use.

Clean Beekeeping Gloves

Worker honey bee eats honey from a comb image.

What do Bees Eat?

Wet honey extractor ready to be cleaned of honey residue and wax bits.

How to Clean a Honey Extractor

Numbered honey bee legs one thru six.

Do Bees Really Have Knees?

Row of hives on stand some with added honey supers image.

When to Add a Honey Super to Your Beehive

Beekeepers perform critical beekeeping tasks during summer in apiary.

Summer Beekeeping Tasks

Yellow beeswax cake rendered in a crockpot.

How to Render Beeswax in a Crockpot

Beeswax spills being removed from surface with plastic scraper.

How to Remove Beeswax from Surfaces

Metal mouse guard on the entrance of a hive with bees entering.

Why Do Beekeepers Need Mouse Guards?

Honey bee swimming in pool water.

Keeping Bees Away From Swimming Pools

Honey bees washboarding on front of a beehive image.

Bees Washboarding

cashews toasted with honey snack

Honey Roasted Cashews

Selection of various beeswax candles you can make at home.

Making Candles from Beeswax

Colorful homemade beeswax food wraps.

How to Make Beeswax Wraps

Diy herbal wax sachets made with flowers - set of 4 image.

Scented Wax Sachets

Pussy willow flower and honey bee collecting pollen.

What do Bees do With Pollen?

Queen honey bee marked red on frame with retinue image.

How to Mark a Queen Honey Bee

Making dried apple rings with honey and spices image.

Dehydrated Cinnamon Apples (with Honey)

Hot thermometer and beekeepers with beehives, beekeeping in hot weather.

Beekeeping in Hot Weather

Round balls of peanut butter, honey and oatmeal energy bites in a bowl.

Honey, Peanut Butter & Oatmeal Balls

Bee theme shaped honey cookies on a yellow plate image.

Crispy Honey Bee Cookies

Chunks of honeycomb on a plate ready to eat image.

How to Eat Honeycomb

Do Bees Poop?

Do Bees Poop?