Part of the fun of being an amateur beekeeper is doing as much as you can for your bees on your own. You want to be as industrious as your bees rather than taking the easy way out. It is with that in...
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A bee smoker is a tool that beekeepers use to help prevent aggressiveness when inspecting hives or harvesting honey. It works based on a bee's natural reaction to smoke. Smoking is not necessary, and...
The classic image of a beehive (nest) hanging from a tree limb and oozing honey is a familiar one. But it is largely an image of Hollywood portrayal. In reality, bees rarely make hives that look so...
The question of what bees eat is one that often comes up, particularly among new beekeepers. After all, it is important to know whether your bees will source their own food or if you will need to...
A question many new and inexperienced beekeepers have is why are their bees killing each other? The issue can occur when you have more than one hive and find that bees from one hive are killing those...
A healthy, averaged-sized bee colony is likely to bring in around a hundred pounds of pollen in a single season. Although nectar is the substance that ultimately becomes honey, pollen collection is...
