Hive Highlights
Light a Smoker
Smoking a beehive allows a beekeeper to work in the hive in relative peace. That’s the reason for the smoke.
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How to Make Beeswax Food Wraps
It’s easy and inexpensive to make beeswax wraps, and they make a great addition to your homestead kitchen. If you’re a backyard beekeeper, you’re likely on the hunt for beeswax uses and you already have everything you need to get started.
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Common Langstroth Hive Setup
A Langstroth hive is the most common beehive in developed countries. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth (the creator) observed that if 1 cm space was left between the cover of a hive and the top bars, that the bees would not fill it with burr comb or propolis—it was deemed walking around space.
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Herbes De Provence Honey Recipe
Expensive to buy and sometimes hard to find, you can make your own Herbes de Provence recipe blend.
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Install Package Bees in Langstroth Hive
Learning how to install package bees isn’t all that difficult, but if you are new to beekeeping, it can be helpful to review the process from start to finish.
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Top 10 Reasons to Become a Beekeeper
You don’t have to get up at 2:00 in the morning to check if they are hatching or calving. You can also go on a reasonable vacation without commissioning a bee sitter.
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8 Ways to Be a Courteous Backyard Beekeeper
Add to Favorites Being a good beekeeping neighbor is something all backyard beekeepers should be concerned about. Be respectful and thoughtful of our neighbors by following good beekeeping practices. Know …
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65 Pollinator-Friendly Plants Bees Love
Add to Favorites Beekeepers are investing a lot of time and money seeking a solution to the bee population decline, but in the meantime, gardeners can be the frontline troops in …
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How to Make a Bee Hotel
Add to Favorites By Leah Grunzke – Solitary bees face some of the same threats to their population as honey bees do. Loss of habitat is perhaps the single biggest …
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Beehive Inspection Checklist
Add to Favorites The only way to know exactly what is going on in a beehive is to actually take a peek inside. This can be intimidating, especially to a …
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