Backyard Beekeeping Archives - Page 2 of 7

KIDS’ BEE SUITS

by Hilary | Sep 28, 2017 | Equipment, Just for Fun, New Bees

New in the shop today: kids’ bee suits! If you’ve been wanting to suit up the little ones in your life, here is your chance. I am doing a pre-sale right now with 3 sizes of children’ bee suits with your choice of 3 different prints or plain white...

HOW TO GET BEES TO USE YOUR FLOWHIVE

by Hilary | Jul 29, 2017 | Equipment, New Bees, Troubleshooting

There could be several reasons for why your bees are not expanding into the Flow Hive super. Some of these reasons apply to all hive styles. Bees, for example, will not build new comb when they are unhealthy, in a nectar dearth or at certain times of year. But getting...

IS THE FLOWHIVE BAD FOR BEES?

by Hilary | Apr 20, 2017 | Equipment, Honey

The drama surrounding the Flow Hive is unending and riddled with misinformation. Beekeepers are infamous for our diverse and contrasting opinions, but the controversy over the Flow Hive is so extreme that it cannot even be mentioned without sparking a civil...

HOW TO SAVE A POISONED BEEHIVE

by Hilary | Dec 30, 2016 | Gardening, How To, Troubleshooting

There’s nothing worse than discovering your bees have been poisoned. The once busy entrance, now silent with only a few twitching bees in carpet of dead below. The suddenness of a colony lost to pesticide poisoning is shocking. What follows is often...

4 WAYS TO PREPARE FOR SPRING BEEKEEPING

by Hilary | Dec 11, 2016 | Equipment, Gardening, Just for Fun, Lists

Every year, long before spring beekeeping starts, I get a few emails from eager new beekeepers, asking where they can get bees to fill their new hive boxes. The short answer is, nowhere! If you’re in the Northern Hemisphere, bees are not readily available until...