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How to Make Fondant for Bees

September 15, 2021 · Angi Schneider · Health & Pests

Fondant for bees is a little different than the fondant that you find at the bakery. The bakery fondant can have high fructose corn syrup, cornstarch, coloring, and flavorings added to it. Making fondant for bees is a lot like making candy.

Which Bees Make Honey?

December 28, 2019 · Rusty Burlew · Beekeeping 101

While not all bees make honey, there are many species that do—perhaps hundreds.

Successfully Installing Packaged Bees

February 5, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Beekeeping 101

Spring is one of the busiest times in beekeeping, as it is with much of agriculture, but it is also a very rewarding and intriguing time. In effect it is “planting time,” when the scene is set for the coming season, and what takes place in March and April can often have an irreversible influence on what comes over the next several months.

Candles Are One Way To Use That Extra Beeswax

February 5, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Honey & Beeswax

Add to Favorites By Tom Theobald Traditionally winter was a quiet time for beekeepers. It was a time to visit friends, for northern beekeepers maybe a time to head for …

Preparing for The Queen Honey Bee

February 1, 2019 · Romie Holl · Beekeeping 101

There is a decision to be made when starting beekeeping and ordering bees: do you want the two-pound or three-pound hive? You will only get one queen, but how many worker bees do you need right off the bat? That depends on your hive in your honey bee farming project.

Adventures in Raising Honey Bees

February 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Beekeeping 101

Add to Favorites By D. Parnell, Tennessee – I am not a professional beekeeper in any way, shape or form. It’s been said that if you speak with 25 different beekeepers, you’ll learn of 25 …

How Disease Can Cause Bee Population Decline

February 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Health & Pests

With movable frame colonies, beekeepers discovered pests and diseases that they only superficially knew about. Honeybees, like any other animal, are subject to the frailties of this sometimes pale existence.

Top 10 Reasons for Starting Beekeeping

February 1, 2019 · Countryside Magazine Contributor · Beekeeping 101

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.