Build a Swarm Bucket
By: Ed Simon We all have been caught short when we have had more swarm calls than we had hives to put them. But…
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What Your Mentor Forgot to Teach You!
The conventional wisdom about beekeeping is that there are no pat answers. Whatever works for you is the right way for you to do…
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Deeps, Mediums, Shallows
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions In the old days choosing a home for your bees was relatively easy. Bees were kept in a portion of the…
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Year 2 of a Top Bar Hive
Well! Here it is, Spring again, the weather has warmed, there is bee food in bloom, and your most recent trip to the top…
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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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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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Keeping Bees in Topbar Hives
Beginning beekeeping, Start keeping bees in a topbar hive I kept bees in 100-200 Langstroth hives for about 20 years and began experimenting with…
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Successful Beekeeping
Your First Couple of Years are Full of Learning and Doing. ~Roy Hendrickson Year One: Three Basic Startup Rules all New Beekeepers Should Heed…
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