Did you know honey bees have hair on their eyeballs? Just look at the picture! Everyone has seen honey bees in their own backyards foraging for nectar and pollen. We all know they are collecting the nectar to take back to the hive to be processed into honey. But that is about all most of…
Honey can and does crystalize both before and after honey harvest. The techniques to decrystallize harvested honey are very easy. Crystallization of honey still in the honeycomb frame is nearly impossible to decrystallize. How can harvested honey be decrystallized? Hot water bath technique to decrystallize harvested honey: This hot bath technique will take several minutes…
Recently, while attending a field seminar in beekeeping, I realized there was a controversy regarding Queen excluders and whether or not to use them. While most of the beekeeper attendees did use Queen excluders, there was a small but passionate group of beekeepers that did not use Queen excluders in their beehives. I decided to…
Every year, during the spring while driving, I run into four or five bee swarms with my car. They seem to be everywhere flying in all different directions yet maintaining a somewhat disorganized grouping. I would wonder “Why did that beekeeper allow his bees to swarm and how could he have prevented it?” So I…
I was at a beekeeping class the other day and, looking around, I had trouble finding my son. He was in a white beekeeping suit, the same as everyone else. I began to wonder, “why are all bee suits white”? Why are beekeeping suits white? Beekeepers wear white beekeeping suits because white is the least…
I was just at a beekeeping field class the other day and the students were wearing several different types of beekeeping gloves. I began to wonder, what type of beekeeping gloves should I be using? What type of beekeeping gloves should I be using? Beekeeping glove choices are an individual, case by case evaluation of…
Now that I have decided to become a beekeeper, and I know what equipment I will need, I am just curious, where do I get honey bees to start my beehive? Where do I get honey bees to start my hive? You can purchase Honey Bees from commercial vendors, buy bees from local beekeepers, by…
Everyone knows about the mysterious disappearance of Honey Bees called “colony collapse disorder”. Everyone says it is important to keep bees. So I was just wondering, why is beekeeping so important? Bees are responsible for pollinating more than 80% of all plants that have flowers including the vast majority of agriculture crops. Without bees, several…
I just heard someone say they were going to make a “beeline” to the grocery store and I wondered how fast a honey bee really flies. Without carrying a load of nectar or pollen, a honey bee can fly 20 MPH, but on average a honey Bee flies at about 15 MPH. How far can…
Is beekeeping a good family bonding activity? No cell phones, no iPads, just family interaction at the hive. What better way to teach your children about the importance of family interaction, social structure, and environmental responsibility? The perfect family activity. What Is The First Step In Starting Backyard Beekeeping? The very first step in considering…
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