Top Bar Protein
Wyatt Magnum Top Bar hives need a hanger for a protein patty! And Small Hive Beetles just love them, too! Feeding a pollen substitute…
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Winter Feeding
Downtown
By Toni Burnham It’s Harder For You, Urban Newbee The most experienced beekeepers I know tell me of golden years some three decades ago,…
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Getting Ready For A Southern Season
By David E MacFawn Good well thought planning is required in the Autumn to ensure success the following Spring and Summer. Now, October and…
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Fall Feeding, A Once-A-Year Chance To Get It right
By: Les Eccles MOST BEEKEEPERS WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THIS YEAR HAVE been reporting a good honey harvest, which is very welcome news after…
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1st Year Hive Tasks
The bee year is winding down – Winter is approaching. October First – the day to install mouse guards Queens decrease egg laying –…
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The Editor’s Hive
The Hardest Season. Winter. Winter is the hardest season, except in the very, very southern part of the U.S. where there are plants blooming…
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Years 2 & 3 Hive Tasks
By: Ann Harman • August is important for Varroa control! • Harvest honey by early August, depending on climate, nectar flow and mite treatments….
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Years 2 & 3
By: Larry Connor What Have You Learned? Quite frankly, if not done during the first season of keeping bees, the second and third year…
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Got Questions? Phil Knows!
By: Phil Craft Q: A beekeeper in Washington state writes: I live in Carlton, WA. We just had a devastating wildfire that burned nearly 400…
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