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Honey Extractors Explained
In the beekeeping world, variety seems to be the common thread among us and honey extractors are no exception. So, here’s a quick rundown on what to look for when selecting a honey extractor.
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How to Harvest Honey — Video Tutorial
In this video tutorial from Backyard Beekeeping and Miller Bee Supply, we’ll take you through the basics steps of harvesting and extracting your honey.
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Honeybees Bring Hope to Rural Appalachia
Thanks to the industrious honeybee, there’s hope on the horizon for many unemployed individuals in rural Appalachia, West Virginia.
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My Honey Bee Farming Project Year One
Add to Favorites This year was our first for keeping bees on the homestead. First we had to learn all about starting beekeeping, and I am glad we started by …
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Top 10 Reasons for Starting Beekeeping
Why are honeybees important? Honeybees are important not because of honey, which certainly is a tasty, nutritious and more importantly, environmentally neutral sweet but honey is simply a by-product of pollination. Pollination is the most important thing honeybees do. Pollination is the transfer of pollen (male) to structures (stigma) on another flower of the same species.
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How to Start Beekeeping in Your Backyard
Add to Favorites This year we started raising honey bees. I wanted to do this for the last couple of years but for one reason or another, it didn’t work …
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How to Clean a Beehive Smoker
Have you noticed that your smoker isn’t working as well as it used to? If so, it is probably past time to clean your beehive smoker.
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Are Queen Excluders a Good Idea?
If you enjoy a good debate, ask 10 beekeepers what they think about queen excluders. As is typical in the beekeeping community, within seconds, you’ll receive 10 different answers.
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Hive Robbing: Keeping Your Colony Safe
Honey bee robbing is an almost desperate commitment, en masse, to maximizing a resource. Here’s why it happens, how to prevent it, and how to stop it when you see it.
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