It’s easy to think of common honeybees and assume there are only one species to choose from. As a beekeeper, you have more options than you may know. It pays to take a look at some of the different ...
How To Keep Bees and Other Animals Together Safely
When you add bees to your home, you will wonder how their presence will affect the rest of your animals. Maybe, you are even a little concerned about how your bees will react to a new puppy on the ...
Everything You Want to Know About Guinea Fowl Eggs
With so many different bird species on the planet, it’s a wonder that most people have only tasted one or two varieties of eggs. According to the American Egg Board, 157.6 million dozen ...
6 Common Bee Predators and How to Protect Your Hive
As a beekeeper, you pride yourself in keeping your hive thriving and growing. You love the products your bees provide, year after year. It may be easy to assume that your colony can fend for itself, ...
How to Sell Your Honey and Beeswax Harvest
There may come a time when you have more honey on your hands than you know what to do with, and your friends and family have more than they need too…hey, at least you are sharing the ...
What Causes Bumblefoot in Chickens and the Treatment for All Stages
The first time you see your backyard bird limping, you might assume it merely has stubbed its toe. But as the days go by, it becomes clear that the affliction is not getting better, and in fact, your ...
The Many Lucrative Uses of Honey and Beeswax
Honey makes the world go round. Well, my world at least. The ultimate reason we embark on this enrapturing journey of beekeeping is to harvest honey and beeswax for its many uses. By now it is ...
How to Treat Varroa Mite and Save Your Bees Using Oxalic Acid
When you are new beekeeper, your goal is to make sure everything runs smoothly for your new colony. You’ve taken the time to set your hive up for success, and you have been successfully managing your ...
Queen Rearing 101: How to Raise Your Own Queen Bees
Whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing to be called a queen bee, we can all agree on the fact that everything certainly does revolve around a hive’s queen bee. She may not bark orders at her ...