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Backyard Beekeeping June/July 2022
Backyard Beekeeping June/July 2022 — 2/3 is now available! Subscribe to Backyard Beekeeping for great stories on mason bees, honey extractors, splits, how to clean a smoker, recipes, and more!
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Single Deep Splits with Mated Queens
Add to Favorites One aspect of beekeeping that never ceases to amaze me is how quickly one tiny nucleus colony goes from five frames of honey bees to three and …
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Raise Bees in Your Backyard
Everything You Need to Know about Raising Honeybees from Beehives for Beginners to Beekeeper Supplies to Why Pollination is Important
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Best Wildflowers for Honeybees
In recent years, the role of wildflowers in feeding honeybees has been widely misunderstood.
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Establishing a Successful Bee Garden
The right flowers, fruit, and vegetables in your garden will attract some of your own bees, as well as welcoming other visitors such as the bumblebee and solitary bee species.
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Garden Plan for Pollinators
Design choices, plant selections, and maintenance practices can make a huge difference in creating your own healthy ecosystem.
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Save Time Building Frames Using a Jig
Winter is the time for a beekeeper to prepare for spring! Now is the perfect time to get a jump start on springtime preparations by building equipment like frames.
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Guidance on Buying Hygienic Bees
Add to Favorites Honeybees bred for various characteristics have fascinated beekeepers for decades. Bees can be bred for overwintering, honey production, gentleness, and even hygienic behavior. The problem is that …
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The Unsolved Mystery: Washboarding Behavior in Bees
Add to Favorites When Karl von Frisch decoded the mystery of bee dances in the 1920s (and won the Nobel Prize much later, in 1973), some might erroneously conclude there’s …
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Eusocial Insects Meet Social Media
It’s the age of social media, and while TikTok dances and Snapchat filters are still taking the internet by storm, there’s something new causing a buzz — bees!
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Ask the Expert: Chlorine to Clean Hives
Add to Favorites Chris W. asks: Can I use chlorine bleach to clean hives? Rusty Burlew answers: Beekeepers find many uses for chlorine bleach in and around hives. In its …
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