The Most Important Thing You Should Be Doing Right Now
 
If you’re a new beekeeper summers can be strange.  The bees are busy working but there’s not all that much for you to do.  So what should you be doing right now? The most important thing you can do in both the spring and the summer is checking to...
 
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Beginning Beekeeping: Excluding the Queen!
 
Queen excluders!  Ever wondered what these things were and why you’d use one? What are they? Basically these little slotted boards keep the queen (and drones) from getting into any supers above the excluder.  Basically it means the queen isn’t able to lay brood in the honey supers because...
 
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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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Who Is In My Hive? The Different Bees in Every Beehive
 
Have you ever wondered what bees are in a bee hive?  There are three basic types of bees, all of whom have very specific tasks.  Let’s meet them: Queen She’s the most important bee in your hive.  Without her, the hive will die as she is the only bee...
 
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