City Bees
Rooftop apiaries are probably the signature image of urban beekeeping. Downtown, we are often short on personal space, and long on neighbors, but the…
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Why Bees?
Ask a beekeeper – commercial, sideliner or hobbyist – why he/she keeps bees and the answer could be any or all of the following….
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Good Stuff from Ann
HIVE TASKS – First Year beekeepers April, May, June Goal—all comb drawn by end of June, colony numbers increasing Feed package bees or nucs…
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Swarming
A Look at the Biology and Mechanics Behind This Fascinating Phenomenon In temperate areas, beekeepers look forward to many things in the Spring, such…
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BEE CAUTIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO A BEE ALLERGY!
Jack M. has been a beekeeper in Keene, NH for over 10 years. Like most beekeepers he has suffered uneventfully through many beestings. He…
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Living With A Smoker
What else can we do? I wish there was an alternative to smokers and smoking a bee hive. I have reasons that I will…
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The Bee Space
The bee space was the discovery by the Rev. L.L. Langstroth that made moveable frame beekeeping possible. Through patient observation Langstroth discovered that a…
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