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 ...
A Complete Guide to Harvesting Honey and Beeswax for the First Time
The harvesting of honey has been fine-tuned for thousands of years. Over time, there have been countless improvements to the process that make extraction easier on bees and their keepers. What was ...
Common Bee Problems, Pests, and Diseases, and How to Fix Them
If you are new to beekeeping or keen to venture into this highly satisfying venture, brushing up on common beekeeping problems will prepare you for the unknown and help prevent the loss of your hive. ...
Beehive Management: How to Inspect, Handle, and Feed Your Bees Over the Years
You’ve set up the ideal honey-making hive for your new bees, and you are sure your colony is happy with their new home. Congrats! But your work doesn’t end after installing bees, nope, there’s a ...
The Practical Guide on How to Start Beekeeping for Beginners
Honeybees are a fascinating bunch of insects, it's no secret that we've enjoyed managing hives for many centuries; beekeeping can be traced back 9,000 years! In fact, bees are one of the few ...
Before You Start Beekeeping: Legal, Cost, Time Commitment, and Bee Anatomy in a Nutshell
If you’re not already familiar with honey bees, you may not be aware of the tremendous benefit they are to our planet. Of course, bees produce the sweet honey that we love to add to a hot cup of ...
Know What to Do During a Bee Attack – 8 Very Important Tips to Survive It
Are you considering raising bees? Are you someone who would like to help out the bee population by planting a pollinator garden? These are great things and things we do around our homestead. However, ...