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Queen Cells In The Beehive

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Can you recognize queen cells in the beehive. Carolina Honeybees Farm

What to Do With Queen Cells In The Beehive? Finding queen cells in the beehive is exciting for any beekeeper.  If you are new to beekeeping, you may wonder what the heck is this? It’s true, the site of large peanut shaped cells can be perplexing the first time you see them. However, once you realize what queen […]

Everything You Want to Know About Catching Bee Swarms

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Catching a honey bee swarm is exciting work. Carolina Honeybees Farm

The Excitement of Catching a Swarm of Bees Nothing is more exciting to a beekeeper than catching a swarm of bees.  This is especially true if you are new to beekeeping. However, even those of us with years of experience must admit that a large honey bee swarm gets our heart beating – just a little […]

Attracting Honey Bee Swarms to Swarm Traps or Bait Hives

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Attracting a swarm to a bee swarm trap.

Tips for Attracting Honey Bee Swarms to a Swarm Trap Hoping to catch a honey bees swarm this year? Me too!  Maybe even more than 1 bee swarm.  Many of us set up swarm traps to catch bees.  Now we need to find a good way of attracting honey bee swarms to our swarm trap? […]

Splitting a Beehive – A Practical Guide

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A Beekeeper with hive. Considering splitting a hive.

Tips for Splitting a Beehive Successfully There will come a time in any beekeeper’s career that you need to split one of your bee hives.  No, I don’t mean to literally split the hive in half.  You want to divide the population of one large hive into 2 smaller ones. This is an activity most […]

What to Do When Bees Swarm in Fall?

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Bee Swarm in Fall - Carolina Honeybees

Bees Swarms in Fall – Blessing or Curse When bees swarm in Fall or late Summer it can be an aggravation for the beekeeper.  There are several reasons for Fall bee swarms being a big problem. Our main concern with Fall swarms is that they are often very small. And Winter is coming soon.  Can […]

Absconding Bees- Why Bees Leave The Hive

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Absconding bees just leave the hive suddenly. Why ? Carolina Honeybees

Bees Gone? You May Have Experienced Absconding Bees When a colony leaves what seems to be a perfectly good home (other than swarming) we call it Absconding. Absconding bees are an unknown issue to new beekeepers until it happens. The beekeeper goes out to inspect a new hive. It is opened with high expectations to find […]

The Ultimate Guide to Honey Bee Swarming

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Honey Bee swarm on a tree.

It’s Spring – Time for Honey Bee Swarming Spring with its warmer temperatures and blooming flowers, who doesn’t love it.  As a beekeeper, I look forward to seeing my honey bee colonies grow. Will this be a good year of colony growth and honey production? Only time will tell. However, dealing with honey bee swarming […]

Checking-Setting Up a Swarm Trap or Bait Hive

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Beekeepers can capture a swarm of bees by setting up a swarm trap. Learn how to set up your own bee bait hive.

Setting Up A Swarm Trap – Early Spring Check Who doesn’t love free bees, right ? Most beekeepers want to try to catch a swarm of honey bees at some time in their beekeeping experience.  Maybe they will catch a swarm that issues from one of their own hives.  If they catch a wild swarm […]

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