One of the best parts of beekeeping as a hobby is being able to harvest honey. You can keep all the delicious honey for yourself, give some to friends, or even sell it to complete strangers. It is...

The human species has a natural aversion to bees. We know that many species of bees, wasps, and hornets can and do sting, so that makes us wary of them. That is not a bad thing. The threat of being...

Some of the other posts on my site have mentioned locating the queen in a given hive. There are a number of reasons for this practice, which will be discussed later on, but there is a bigger issue...

Being able to collect honey is one of the more pleasant aspects of beekeeping. It is probably not a stretch to say that more than one amateur beekeeper got into the hobby specifically out of a desire...

The entrance of a hive is usually at the bottom. In most designs, there is a floor placed immediately below the brood box, where the queen lives. The floor is open to the front to let the bees come...

There is a very short answer to the question of when you should add honey supers to your hive, and it is when the bees need more space. The best time to add a super to your hive is when 7 of the...