Fall Hive Inspection Tips to Help Your Bees Store Enough Honey for Winter

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August 27, 2020

Fall Hive Inspection Tips to Help Your Bees Store Enough Honey for Winter

While warm and balmy August still lingers, crisp fall days will be here before we know it. Just like you might start loading up on your favorite fall spices and baking essentials, bees are hard at work assembling their food stores and getting the hive ready for the colder months […]
August 13, 2020

The Top 6 Responsibilities You Have as a Beekeeper

Beekeeping is a time-honored tradition that has evolved over the past 10,000 years. Today’s beekeepers are armed with knowledge, science, and millennia of experience that help us understand bees and provide them with the best care possible. In this post, we’ll cover your basic responsibilities as a modern beekeeper, from […]
July 30, 2020

What You Need to Know About Forage for Bees, and How You Can Help Them!

Today we’re covering everything you need to know about forage: how bees use it, where they get it, and what sources they enjoy the most. We’re also giving you tips for creating a sustainable garden, full of delicious plants for bees and other pollinators. Let’s get started! What Bees Forage […]
June 18, 2020

How Bee Breeds Behave: Observations from the Bee Yard

It’s a busy time of year for honeybees, and the bees breeds who call our bee yard their home are no exception. We installed the hives, the bees are used to their new digs, and now it’s time for them to get to work! Buckfasts and Carniolans are the breeds […]
June 11, 2020

Why Nonreproductive Swarms Happen: They’re Not a Bad Thing!

Nonreproductive swarms can cause some serious head-scratching for beekeepers. When more than half of your colony has flown the coop at a time of year you’re not expecting them to swarm, you might be wondering what they’re up to and why. Once you’ve heard what drives bees to nonreproductive swarming, […]