Beekeeping 101
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 …
Read More
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 …
Read More
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 …
Read More
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!
Read More
What to Do Before Buying Your First Bees
Before you run out and buy your first set of bees, there are a few things you should do to ensure your venture into beekeeping is a success.
Read More
Breeder Queen Selection
Here’s a short guide for breeder queen selection: what to look for when assessing and what you can expect along the way.
Read More
Top 10 Reasons for Starting Beekeeping
Honeybees do not necessarily require the management skills of a learned beekeeper for optimum results. Here are the top 10 reasons to start beekeeping.
Read More
Do Bees Need Doctors?
If you own farm animals, it is a given you will call on a veterinarian at some point. But what about your honeybees? Do they need a veterinarian?
Read More
The Secret of Winter Bees vs Summer Bees
We all know that female honey bees are divided into two castes: workers and queens. Although they both arise from normal fertilized eggs, the larvae that hatch from those eggs are nurtured differently.
Read More
My Honeybee Farming Project Year One
Even with all the research and questions we had before obtaining our first nuc of bees, uncertainty reared its ugly head as we ventured into our honeybee farming project.
Read More