Free bees. What could be better than FREE bees? Now that we have your attention, here is how you can get your “free” bees. First, let’s clarify the only thing free are the bees. There is still the cost of the equipment and your time. But this way can save you money and is kind...
We hope this bee escape review will help you narrow your choice of bee-escapes. To conduct this review we tested three different bee escapes this summer. Our hope was to find the best bee escape in this review. The ranking was based on ease of use and how quickly the bees cleared out of honey...
Leave Your Bee Smoker at Home: Why would you want an alternative to smoking your bees? Do you hate packing your smoker around? Would you rather leave your smoker at home? Are you tired of smelling like smoke? Forget to bring any fuel or matches with you when you headed out to inspect your hives....
Want to make home-brew syrup supplement similar to the commercial product. Please read on. Let me start by saying that I am a huge fan of “Honey B Healthy” and have used it for several years. I have gotten wonderful results with it. But last spring I found myself in need of some and short...
There are a lot of good reasons to keep a record of hive inspections. And there are probably just as many or more versions of hive inspection forms available on the internet. Paper handwritten forms are available for download from many websites. There are lots of different kinds available. When we redesigned this site we...
For those of us in the northern part of the United States, many are in the prime of bee season. Blooms are out, day time temps are up, and bees are active. While the Pacific Northwest seemed to get off to a cool wet late start, a lot of bee populations are booming. With booming...