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May Beekeeping Tips

The Nectar flow is on!!!! The bees are bringing in as much nectar and pollen as possible, building up their brood nest, and beekeepers...

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Queen Cells in your Hive? What to do...

Finding queen cells in your hive can be very confusing. In this article I am going to break down how to identify what caused your ladies...

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Preventing Swarming

Swarming is the bees natural way of reproducing. In the wilde a hive would cast one or 2 swarms a year. The trigger that start a swarm...

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Over-Wintering your Hive

Winter is when most beekeepers lose their hive. Hives can die for a variety of reasons during the winter. After reading this article you...

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A Beekeeper's Year

This outline is full of tips and not hard fast rules. In general if you follow these guidelines your hive should survive and thrive. I...

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Feeding Bees Sugar Syrup

Feeding hives is a great way to keep you hives healthy, strong, and happy. Those girls really respond well to sugar! However, there are a...

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Simple Tips to Maintain a Healthy Hive

Honeybees are truly amazing. They can fly miles for food, defend themselves against attack, and survive the harshest winters. But despite...

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Spring Management

Spring is one of the busiest times of the year for the beekeeper. If you plan to requeen or split make sure you have queens on order as...

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Varroa

Varroa/Parasitic Mite Syndrome Varroa is one of the biggest problems in today’s beekeeping industry; proper understanding of them and the...

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Splitting For Exponential growth

Bees like to work the center of the hive whether it is drawing wax, raising brood, or storing honey; this method of management takes...

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