So at the bee association meetings I keep hearing beekeepers talk about splitting their hives but the reasons and timing of splitting hives was not clear to me. My curiosity got the better of me...
Category: Beekeeping
10 Common Abnormal Beehive Conditions: (In Chronological Order)
So after researching many of the conditions a new beekeeper will encounter, I decided to figure out when these conditions would appear and what would be the next upcoming condition that would need...
I was listening to two beekeepers talking about “real” and “fake” honey and became curious.What where they were talking about and what made honey “real” or “fake”? This is what I...
Honeybee Hive Climate Control: (Temperature, Humidity and More)
Everyone knows that honey bees regulate the temperature and humidity to optimum levels for the hive the entire year-round. I was just curious, how do they maintain constant hive temperature and...
Beekeepers use a variety of terminology in describing both their technique and equipment. Often beekeepers speak about a technique or equipment using one word to describe something that can have...
Robber Honey Bees: (A Physical Danger To The Beekeeper, STOP IT!)
Everyone has heard the term “robber bees”. Most beekeepers have seen evidence of robber bees in action, even if they did not recognize the activity as robbing. I was curious to learn more...