Pollinating plants all day is thirsty work! Fortunately, we can help bees out by providing safe havens where they can stop to sip and chat with their fellow workers briefly before moving along. ...
Caring For Your Beehives During the Winter
These days, beekeeping has grown into a utilitarian business in which bees are bought and sold without a second thought. But as food-uncertainty increases, more people are looking for ways to raise ...
What is a Queenless Hive and What Can You Do to Fix It?
Raising bees for honey can be extremely challenging - and extremely frustrating, especially if you don’t really know what you are doing. We raised bees for several years here on my farm, and over ...
9 Spring Beekeeping Chores to Add to Your To-Do List
Spring isn’t just a time for cleaning - it’s also the best time of year for you to tend to your beehives! As a beekeeper, spring is one of the most important seasons for hive management. Not ...
How to Identify, Prevent and Deal With Wax Moth in the Beehive
Do you have a beehive or two in your apiary? If you do, then you know that keeping bees is hard work and there are many things that can go wrong. A wax moth infestation is one of those things. If ...
7 Best Honey Extractors to Harvest Your Honey Efficiently and Safely
A honey extractor is a smart investment for any beekeeper. Whether you are an experienced apiarist or you are learning how to take care of bees, a honey extractor will make all the difference to how ...
How to Plant a Bee Garden to Help Them Thrive and Get Better Honey
There’s so much more to being a beekeeper than just tending to your apiary. Once you’ve dived into this fulfilling beekeeping hobby, you will soon realize that you have opened the door to other ...
How to Rent Your Bees for Crop Pollination
Whether you have a small colony of bees or a thriving operation, many people and companies would love to rent your bees for Pollination Services, and pay you handsomely in return. Not only ...
Bee Propolis: Uses, How to Harvest, and Tincture Recipe
The medicinal effect of bee byproducts has been both embraced and questioned for centuries. Only recently have bee propolis uses been brought to light and welcomed in the realm of natural ...