Now this looks like a good idea – a work bench custom-designed for beekeeping! This unique work bench was designed by a Canadian beekeeper and these woodworking plans are available from StonehavenLife.com. It’s 18 inches high and gives you somewhere … Continue reading →
Without a doubt, warm and sunny weather is ideal for maximizing bee populations and honey flows – but it’s also ideal for swarms! While most beekeeper’s hope for what I call “Swarm & Honey” weather during the peak honey flow, … Continue reading →
Wearing a beard of bees or “bee bearding” is a beekeeping amusement that goes back at least a couple hundred of years. Even non-beekeepers test their nerves and give it a try – just for the buzz.
Continue reading →There’s tons of beekeeping information on the intertubes these days, but there’s no better way for new beekeepers to learn about bees than to attend field days. What’s a field day?
Continue reading →They can’t sting… they don’t gather nectar… they don’t make wax… So what EXACTLY is it that honeybee drones do?
Continue reading →The Geek’s Guide to Beekeeping takes a humorous high tech approach to keeping honeybees, this fascinating and vital element of our food chain… in terms computer geeks can relate to. So whether you’re hangin’ with your honey up on the … Continue reading →
T’was the night before Christmas, and … naaaah, I’m not going down that road. Sometimes, you know, your mind just takes off in some stupid direction and you can’t fight it. Well, you can, but I think it’s more fun … Continue reading →
