May 12
Honey bees swarm in the spring and usually end up on a tree branch or trunk while they look for a new home. If you see a swarm these two videos explain how to capture the swarm so you can introduce it to a hive and have your own bees. If you don’t want …
Apr 30
Skeffling shares the step by step process of how to extract honey from bee hive honey frames. The whole process is actually amazing to see in person if you ever get the opportunity I recommended. It is exciting to see the honey pouring out of the extractor while enjoying the unique smell of beeswax.
Apr 15
Good info on keeping bees in the suburbs. For folks that live in the city Outdoor place has some really good advice for you if you want to keep bees. How neat it would be to live inside a town and still have your own raw honey from you own bees.
Apr 06
Wranglestar has done it again…. he has made an amazing video showing how to make a top bar bee hive for under 50 dollars. I highly respect this gentleman and wish he had is own TV show so a wider audience could become inspired and catch the ” can do attitude – let’s build quality …
Mar 17
Growing Your Greens (Jon) shares a 23 minute video helping new beekeepers with wonderful information of where to start. Every journey starts with a first step and learning as much as you can become you start can help you avoid simple mistakes and better health for your bees. Healthy bees collect and produce more honey. …
Mar 12
A very interesting article on how to handle a bee swarm. This was very cool to read. The way Applegarth Farm told her story of running to and fro getting hives together to provide for the bee swam was just fascinating. She always tells the times when your bees may swarm so you can be …
Feb 27
I think by now everyone knows that most of our plants that provide us with food need bees to pollinate them. Some, like peas don’t but for the most part vegetables,fruits,nuts,and trees need pollinating to produce. I am fairly certain that most folks also know that bee colonies are in decline. That is …
Feb 22
Tilly’s Nest website shares how to create the frame and the bee candy (food) recipe to help your bees survive the winter.
Feb 12
The Daily green says “If you can garden, you can be a beekeeper.” Really? Hmm. I garden so I guess I can be a bee keeper. If you want to keep bees this article has some good info on the things you need to know and can help to figure out if you really want …
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