Category: Bee Hives

Beekeeping beginners may be eager to reap the rewards of their beekeeping efforts by harvesting honey from their hives. However, it is crucial to understand that taking too much honey, or taking it...

In nature, bees typically build their hives in hollows and cavities in trees and logs. Climate permitting, they will also construct comb, which hangs down in the shape of a smooth catenary curve. To...

A nuc, short for “nucleus”, is essentially a smaller colony of a few thousand bees. Just like any other, a nuc colony is centered around a queen, contains workers, drones, a brood, and honey –...

Anyone planning to take up the beekeeping hobby must carefully consider where to locate beekeeping hives. After all, without successful hives there will be no beekeeping to speak of. Where and how...

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 - when the bees need more space. The best time to add a super to your hive is when 7 of the 10 frames...