Who is ready for 🐝 season?? 🙋🏻♀️ The beekeeper in me is getting so excited to hear the buzz of 100s of bees around again! I have posted a lot about our Bee Journey over on IGTV. Check it out! 💛 P.S. We are bringing home our bees on the 25th of April! 👏🏻👏🏻
Who finds bees fascinating? 🙋🏻♀️ Here’s a sneak peak of the day we brought them home and put them in their new hive. The full video is over on IGTV. It’s titled “Bringing Bees Home.” Cool bee fact: honeybees have almost three million hairs on their tiny bodies. Each hair is strategically placed to carry pollen and also to brush it off.
Want to get rid of varroa mites in your honeybee hives? Looking for a natural method? Well, I've got 5 tips and tricks to show you how!
It’s been a while since I posted a slow motion bee video. 😊 If you watch closely you’ll see a bee that flies in all imbalanced bc she is loaded down with pollen. 🐝 Here are some questions you guys asked in my stories a while back: 1️⃣ Why do you use smoke when doing inspections? Does it hurt them? Smoke masks alarm pheromones which are released by guard bees. The smoke creates an opportunity for the beekeeper to open the beehive and work without the bees being as defensive. 2️⃣ How much does it start to get bees? It depends on how you go about it. We invested in the @flowhive and are really happy with it! We also bought our bees from a local bee farm. If you choose to catch a swarm, or split a hive with a friend - it’ll be less expensive. 3️⃣ Why did you guys get star
Based on the form of wild bee nests, the Sun Hive is a design that comes out of "bee-centered" apiculture, where the bees' natural tendencies are supported, rather than suppressed. Not surprisingly, bees seem to thrive in these hives.
Learn how to find the right place to put a beehive. The location of a beehive plays a large role in colony success and easy of care.
Learn how to paint a beehive to protect it from weather and prolong life - also tips on color choice and getting the job done.
Learn how to store honey supers over Winter and protect the drawn comb your bees work so hard to make. Get a jump on next season.
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How to make a Yellow Jacket trap from non-toxic materials. This DIY wasp trap is easy to make and effective with no pesticides.
The Sun Hive is a bee hive centered around natural hive geometry and a natural approach to modern beekeeping. It was created by the Natural Beekeeping Trust as a key element to bee guardianship.
It’s Sara writing again! Recently, on Facebook, I saw a post about lifehacks, and it got me wondering: Why I haven’t seen more beekeeping hacks? I know they exist, but don’t they deserve their own spotlight—and genre!—in the world of lifehacking? If you agree and want to see some cool beekeeping tips, read on! Lifehacks are ingenious tricks that make everyday […]
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According to the beekeeper’s calendar, April means spring is finally here! That means it's time to start testing for mites.
Larisa Hohman from Splendid Stamping shares a neat trick for making the notched end of a paper banner or pennant. Click here to see more, as well as her finished card.
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**Edited to add: Many of you have asked where I buy my chipboard and what thickness it is, so here are the details! I use thin chipboard, not the heavy duty weight. The thin weight cuts just wonderfully well using...
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