Winter brings many dangers to your beehives. No one wants to check in on their colonies in the springtime only to find a hive full of dead bees. Fortunately, there are several ways to prepare your honey bees and their…

Late spring and early summer are a honey bee colony’s most productive times. While this productivity is excellent for your honey bees’ health and honey stores, it can also lead to bee swarms. Sometimes, these swarms are the perfect opportunity…

As with any harvest, you have to work hard to collect the honey from your beehives at the end of the season. Honey extraction can be a long, messy process, but the reward is more than worth it. You can…

Your honey bees’ health is important. Bees have evolved to be able to successfully manage and protect their hives, but it doesn’t hurt to help them out. Honey bees face many threats throughout their lives, including pests, diseases, and man-made…

If you’re just starting your beekeeping journey, you’ve probably heard or read endless amounts of advice about the best hives, practices, and tricks to keep your bees healthy, happy, and productive. Every beekeeper is different, but everyone needs a few…

Having a hobby to fill your free time makes your life more fulfilling. Everyone should spend at least some of their days doing something that’s fun and rewarding and that positively impacts the world around them. Beekeeping combines all these…

A bee’s hive is her castle. The hive protects the colony from the elements, provides a space for them to lay and raise the brood, and allows them to store plenty of honey to feed on. Beekeepers use many different…

Honey bees are so small that it’s easy for their work to go unnoticed. However, these little pollinators are vital when it comes to agriculture and food production. In fact, many researchers estimate that over a third of the food…

Just as there are many types of bees, honey bees can also be subdivided into different categories. Characteristics such as temperament, disease resistance, productivity, location, and other unique traits or behaviors set each group apart. Many groups—also known as bee…