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How to Treat Varroa Mites — A New Perspective
Add to Favorites My wife and I took a beginning beekeeping class before becoming backyard beekeepers. We learned about wax moth treatment and how to manage ants in beehives. We …
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Steps for Successfully Filtering Beeswax
Add to Favorites When people find out that we are honey bee farming, they always ask about the honey. But bees also produce beeswax and something will need to be …
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Top Bar Beehives vs Langstroth Beehives
Add to Favorites Not long after our teenage son started raising honey bees, a family friend built him a top bar beehive with an observation window using beehive plans from a homesteading …
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Moving Beehives: What You Need to Know
Add to Favorites When you first got interested in starting beekeeping, I know you did tons of research and thinking about where to put your hives. But sometimes things change …
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What You Can Learn from the Beehive Entrance
Add to Favorites One of the most anticipated jobs for the beekeeper is doing a hive inspection. This is when you get to look into the hive and be assured …
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How do Bees Mate?
Add to Favorites An interesting and deadly dance takes place all across the world; in fact, it’s necessary for human survival and yet goes unnoticed by humans year after year. …
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Growing Early Flowering Plants for Bees
Add to Favorites For most gardeners, fall is the time to bring in the last of the harvest, preserve and store what you’ve harvested, and put the garden to bed …
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How to Talk to Vegans About Honey & Bees
I have yet to meet a beekeeper—commercial or hobbyist—who doesn’t adore his or her bees. There is a beauty and a romance to beekeeping that begins with the sun, and, if you are lucky, ends in a bonanza of the best tasting honey you have ever known.
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Which Bees Make Honey?
While not all bees make honey, there are many species that do—perhaps hundreds.
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A Slatted Rack and Robbing Screen Can Improve Your Hive Entrance
Add to Favorites One of the best things about a Langstroth beehive is its adaptability. By using optional pieces of beehive equipment like a slatted rack and robbing screen, you …
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