Building Your Beekeeping Equipment
We recently received a question from a follower on how to put foundation into frames. Depending on the frames the procedure can be drastically different. If you purchased a kit from us (when we still sold them) then you’ll have one of the easiest times ever putting foundation into...
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Lots of Honey Bees
Well if you just hived your first package this year it’s go time! For many of you the first few weeks of keeping bees is a bit stressful. The bees are working hard to pull out the foundation and the queen is eventually laying but will things look good...
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Flying in the Bees
This is a guest post by Jamie Dehner I live in a weird place. There’s no question about it. The town is called Point Roberts, a five mile square peninsuala that lies beneath the 49th parallel (making it US land) but is isolated geographically from the rest of the...
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What Type of Bees Should I Get?
One of the questions we receive regularly is “what type of bees should I get?” For most of us, when purchasing a package of bees, there will only be one or two choices. The most common choices are Italian and Carniolan and often these are the only choices for...
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Your First Hive Inspection
So you’ve installed your package of bees and left them alone for a week and now the big day is here. It’s time for your first hive inspection! But what will you find and what should you expect to see? Will you find the queen and do you have...
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Beekeeping Pictures
Well we promised more pictures from the package installation and here they are! You can click on each one for a larger size! (click again for an even bigger picture!) Do you have great pictures? Let us know, we’d love to share them!
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“But You’ll Lose an Eye!” On Going Without A Beekeeping Veil and Suit
A week ago we asked our followers on Facebook what topics they would like to read about on our blog. Our fan Brandon asked the following question: “How can a beekeeper rob his bees without using a suit? And why would you risk it doing that?” Good question Brandon....
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Volunteer with a Beekeeper
Many folks have decided that this year isn’t the right time for them to get started with bees. Others are keeping bees but are still worried and concerned about what they’re doing, after all caring for thousands of tiny animals is a little intimidating! So how do you become...
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Hanging Out With 4 Million Bees (Give Or Take A Few)
A little bit ago we helped a local beekeeping establishment in my area with their order of about a thousand packages of bees. We helped them assemble some frames, and helped with a few customers orders, getting things down from the rafters, etc. And then we installed a few...
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