How-To

Links to the “How To” articles are listed below in alphabetical order:


How and where should I store empty supers?

How and why of bee beards

How I overwintered ten out of ten

How many frames should you put in a Langstroth box?

How to assemble a bee box

How to attract bees to your garden

How to avoid a honey drip free-for-all

How to avoid squishing bees

How to combine colonies with newspaper

How to convert sugar syrup to a different ratio

How to crush and strain comb honey

How to determine the purity of honey

How to do a simple brood nest inspection

How to eat comb honey

How to eat comb honey (update)

How to find your queen bee

How to fold a section box

How to get bees to go through a queen excluder

How to get started in beekeeping

How to install a package of bees

How to keep 2:1 syrup from crystallizing

How to keep a new package from absconding

How to keep queen bees in reserve

How to make a cut-down split

How to make a moisture quilt for a Langstroth hive

How to make a swarm-control split

How to make a walkaway split

How to make follower board for a Langstroth hive

How to make protein-enriched candy boards

How to make starter strips

How to mark a queen

How to monitor mites with a sticky board

How to move a hive

How to over-winter a nuc

How to paint supers and ekes quickly

How to prepare your hives for winter

How to prevent moldy syrup in bee feeders

How to prevent swarming with a Taranov board

How to remove propolis

How to select hardware cloth for beehives

How to start a queen in a two-frame nuc

How to stop robbing

How to start multiple hives from a swarm-control split

How to tame a baggie feeder

How to use a baggie feeder

How to use a double-screen board

How to use a slatted rack

How to use an eke

How to use the Cloake board method to raise queens

My design for a bait hive