Making An Open Bucket Feeder is Easy If you are a beekeeper, you will most likely want to make an open bucket feeder at some time. Bucket feeders are easy to make and use. Of course, they are not the only way to feed bees and may not be the best way either. Beekeeepers have […]
Feeding Honey Bees Sugar Water-The Right Way
Feeding Honey Bees Sugar Water – Updated! The concept of feeding honey bees sugar water often creates a division among beekeepers. Some beekeepers feel that you should never feed bees, period. They feel that honey bees should be able to make it on their own. Other beekeepers accept the need to feed their honey bees when […]
Fat Winter Bees-Why You Need Them
Winter Bees – Fat, Healthy & Long-Lived Your calendar says we have a few more months of Winter. However, inside the bee hive our worker winter bees are producing new brood. And, that’s a very good thing. Our hives need a population of new bees and soon! Spring is coming and our bee colonies want […]
Feeding Bees For Winter Survival
Feeding Bees For Winter Survival Don’t wait too late. In a perfect world, beekeepers would never need to be concerned about feeding bees for winter. Every season would provide abundance nectar for all colonies. And some beekeepers feel strongly about the issue of feeding bees or not. However, nature has many uncontrollable factors. The honey bee colony is subject […]
Emergency Winter Feeding For Bees
Emergency Winter Feeding For Bees Sometimes beekeepers need to step in and implement emergency winter feeding for bees. To understand why this is necessary, we need to understand the survival mechanism used by honey bees in temperate regions. Honey bees are cold blooded insects. They require food (honey) to generate heat for survival. Honey bees […]
Feeding Fall Colonies – My Strategy
Feeding Fall Colonies – One Last Time The cold weather is here or will be in a few days and most beekeeping jobs should be finished. My last job involves a method feeding Fall colonies that improves survival rates. How many polar fronts will come along and how many honey bee colonies will die during […]
Helping A Bee or 2
Are You Interested in Helping A Bee? You do not have to become a beekeeper to get involved in helping bees. Helping a bee or two or three makes a big difference to those bees. I realize that it may seem like a very small thing to people who dont “think bee”. For those of […]
