A few years ago, I traded in my urban lake view condo in Seattle for 10 acres in the country. I planted my first garden, bought my first goat, and my brother suggested I start up a hive. Sounded like a good idea to me. The rest is history.
Ron Upshaw
founder of WorldOfBeekeeping.com
Registering Your Beehives
 
For many of us this is the time of the year when beekeeping is really starting to get going.  Either we’re assembling our equipment and anxiously awaiting the arrival of our package of bees or we’re starting to peek into our existing hives, wondering if they’ve made it through...
 
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10 Things You Can Do To Grow a Bee Friendly Garden
 
Whether you’re keeping bees or have decided to wait there’s no reason you can’t make your yard and home bee friendly. Growing plants to attract bees not only helps insure your garden is pollinated but it also helps give the bees around you a place to forage for nectar...
 
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I Got My Beekeeping Kit, Now What?
 
OK, so you decided that this is the year to keep bees and you ordered our advanced beekeeping kit but now what?  Well, it’s time to get it put together and painted as soon as possible.  The first step would be to assemble your hive boxes and bottom board....
 
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Order your Bee packages!
 
OK so you read our last blog post on the huge sale we’re having and you’ve decided that this is the year you’re going to keep bees.  What’s the next step you think as you wait for your box to arrive?  Order your bees! Getting your package of bees...
 
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It’s Not Too Late to Start Beekeeping
 
As many of you know we have a sale going on to get you started beekeeping this year.  A few folks have asked us if it’s too late to get started in their area and for virtually everyone the answer is No!  It’s not too late to start! That...
 
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Meet New Beekeeper Netiva!
 
Back in November Netiva ordered an advanced beekeeping kit from World of Beekeeping.  A few months later she sent us this lovely picture and told us how excited she was to keep bees.  One of the great joys for us here at World of Beekeeping is helping folks get...
 
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Seven Vital Beekeeping Steps for Spring
 
If you’re new to beekeeping you may feel really overwhelmed right about now.  For many of us our new packages are showing up in a few weeks and while putting the package into the hive is a bit frightening the prepping is simply overwhelming.  Here’s a nice list from...
 
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Beekeeping in Brooklyn- Urban bees!
 
More and more these days beekeepers seem to be everywhere.  From the mountains to the fields to the city, beekeeping has become popular with many as we look to connect with nature and learn or relearn about where our food comes from. We often get questions from those who...
 
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It’s National Agriculture Day!
 
You might not have known- today is National Agriculture Day!  While we often think about agriculture as a big thing that requires lots of land and big, heavy equipment, in truth each and every beekeeper with one hive or many can celebrate today. Wikipedia defines agriculture as “the cultivation...
 
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