raising-bees
Raise Bees in Your Backyard
Everything You Need to Know about Raising Honeybees from Beehives for Beginners to Beekeeper Supplies to Why Pollination is Important
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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.
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Let’s Talk About Dead Bees
Like many beekeepers, we’ve lost bees. Finding dead bees is never easy, and there can be many causes. Laura Tyler discusses losing bees.
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6 Simple Beeswax Uses
Since we started keeping bees a few years ago we’ve learned about so many beeswax uses. We had no idea it was so versatile.
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How to Make Beeswax Candles
While there are many wonderful beeswax uses, cappings wax can make the most divine beeswax candles.
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Can I Raise Bees on Forest Land?
Honey bees are adept at finding seepages from hillsides, moist layers of moss, morning dew, and even traces of water in soil where another animal has been digging. Most of their water will come from nectar, and even in the driest areas, something is usually in bloom.
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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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Propolis: Bee Glue that Heals
Bees use propolis as a building material to fill gaps and crevices, varnish combs, and shape entrances.
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Flow Hive Review: Honey on Tap
Add to Favorites I never thought that I would be keeping bees. In fact, my healthy fear of them as a child had me spending warm summer days indoors and …
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How to Set Up a Backyard Apiary
Add to Favorites About six years ago our son (who was 12 at the time) told us he wanted to start keeping bees. Beekeeping was something we were interested in starting …
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