Pollen Substitutes
The use of a pollen substitute in the Spring is recommended for packages, nucleus colonies, and splits for increased production of bees and honey….
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Frame Time
All About Feeding Bees When the hot, sweltering days of summer finally break, we southerners put down our fans and mint juleps, and welcome…
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Good Stuff from Ann
What’s On The Menu?? SUGAR It makes no difference whether you took some bee-keeping classes, or worked with a mentor or read some books…
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Control Mites
Because Bees Don’t Take Care of Themselves The above photos illustrate the fate that awaits colonies when mite treatment is denied, or where treatment…
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Hive Tasks
July, August, September By: Ann Harman First Year Monitor and decide on Varroa treatment in July. Winter survival depends on Varroa con-trol during…
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Without Chemicals
Yes it can be done. No, you cannot completely rid your colonies of either pest, but by reducing the numbers of Small Hive Beetles…
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Your Second & Third Year
Quite frankly, if not done the during the first season of keeping bees, the second and third year are the years that set the…
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WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
~Ann Harman Beekeeping has a language, as does golf (what’s a ‘birdie?’), tennis (lots of ‘love’) and other pastimes. Learning the correct terms is…
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Boring Spring Management
No matter how many colonies you operate there are certain early Spring chores that require attention prior to the start of the active beekeeping…
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