Beekeeping diy

Learn how to prevent beekeeping from becoming an endless money pit, and begin a successfully thriving bee colony by trapping local bees for your hives. In this post you’ll learn how to capture a bee swarm with just a few basic supplies.

What is Mason Jar Beekeeping? The beekeeping industry has come a long way. Beehive designs have been

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The Sun Hive (Weissenseifener Haengekorb) is a key element of the Natural Beekeeping Trust's commitment to bee guardianship. Based on the principles of bee-cen

There is a lot of terminology in the bee world, but here is a list of the most common backyard beekeeping terms for a beginner beekeeper to know.

Caution: after what you are about to see, you may never be satisfied with your run-of-the-mill honeycomb again. That's because these design-savvy bees weren't content to live in generic boxes like most bees, so they made their hives look like something that could have come out of the mind of Zaha Hadid herself. Known as sugarbag bees (Tetragonula carbonaria), the insects live in Australia and create an unusual single-layer spiraling hive that is completely unlike the traditional flat…

What do you do when your bees run away from home? You catch them. Here's how to catch a bee swarm for beginners.

As for colony collapse disorder, he says that this is not a disease of the bees, but rather a disease in the minds of man, and how they manage their hives. This is what a finished nice one looks like, with a spiffy window for observation, and full of bees!