Overwintering Bees
Any beekeeper that wants to have a colony survive year after year needs to know what happens within a bee colony from August through April. This knowledge helps the beekeeper to understand the simple measures they can take to give a colony the best chance to survive the Winter and early-Spring months as well as…
Going It Alone versus Having A Mentor
I started my beekeeping journey going it alone. I had a hive kit. I bought a package of bees. What I did not have was a mentor. I watched countless YouTube videos and read countless articles. I found that they were either too basic or assumed I had resources (drawn comb, extra frames of brood,…
Understanding the Bees In Your Hive
The purpose of this post is to provide a basic understanding of the different kinds of bees that make up a colony, their role with respect to the rest of the colony, and how the colony’s tasks and behaviors change through the various seasons. Once a beekeeper has an understanding of this information, it becomes…
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