requeening Archives - Beekeeping Like A Girl

QUEENSPOTTING: HOW TO FIND YOUR QUEEN BEE

by Hilary | Feb 10, 2019 | How To, Intermediate & Experienced Beekeepers, Just for Fun

Since 2012 I have been playing a game called Queenspotting with my followers on social media. I post an image of a lot of bees and then challenge people to find the queen among the sea of workers. Think Where’s Waldo, but bees. Initially, I was just having a bit...

HOW TO REQUEEN AFRICANIZED BEES

by Hilary | Jul 1, 2016 | How To, Intermediate & Experienced Beekeepers, Troubleshooting

Living in an Africanized honey bee zone can be a challenge. Africanized bees have some advantages and are not usually as terrible as the media makes them out to be (i.e. “killer bees”), but sometimes you end up with a colony deserving of that name. The...

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR BEES ARE AFRICANIZED

by Hilary | Apr 26, 2016 | How To, Intermediate & Experienced Beekeepers, Natural Beekeeping, New Bees, Troubleshooting

Whether you live in an Africanized honey bee zone or not, it is important to monitor your bees temperament. Find out what you should observe about your bees’ behavior, how to keep it under control and what to do when things get out of hand. What’s the deal...

HOW TO REQUEEN YOUR HIVE

by Hilary | Apr 8, 2016 | How To, Intermediate & Experienced Beekeepers, Troubleshooting

This week, you are spared from reading anything at all! Instead, you can absorb your dose of beekeeping knowledge by watching the video below. I teamed up with local queen breeders Wildflower Meadows to bring you this instructional video. I feel pretty proud of it...

My name is Hilary Kearney. I’m the author of the book, “Queenspotting” and founder of the urban beekeeping business Girl Next Door Honey in San Diego, California. I’m an artist turned beekeeper on a mission to help new beekeepers succeed and educate the public about the magic of bees!