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Guttation-on-a-grape-leaf
bee forage

Xylem sap for honey bees

June 25, 2015
15 Comments
3 min read
A bee watering dish made from sea glass. Andrew Graham
feeding bees

Sea glass bee watering dish

June 23, 2015
6 Comments
1 min read
Jesslyn-Howgate-Phacelia
gardening for bees

Disappointing pollinator garden?

June 22, 2015
26 Comments
4 min read
Marbles-in-water-for-bees
feeding bees

A marble bar for bees

June 19, 2015
32 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
wild bees and native bees

Ground bees in a rooftop garden

June 17, 2015
6 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honey bee management

One queen, a few bees, and a dash of skill

June 16, 2015
10 Comments
2 min read
Bee-package-Charles-R
honey bee management

Would you accept this package of bees?

June 12, 2015
9 Comments
4 min read
Bee-package-Charles-R
honey bee management

Dead bees in a package: how many is okay?

June 11, 2015
127 Comments
2 min read
Osmia-aglaia
pollinator habitat

How does your garden grow?

June 9, 2015
28 Comments
5 min read
Bombus-melanopygus
apiary creatures

Squatters in the attic

June 4, 2015
4 Comments
3 min read
Old-frames
beekeeping equipment

Who reuses old frames?

May 26, 2015
121 Comments
2 min read
Smoker fuels: A lit moker-filled-with-alfalfa-pellets. © Rusty Burlew.
beekeeping equipment

Many types of smoker fuel: What’s your smoke?

May 23, 2015
64 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bee biology

Dead bees rising

May 19, 2015
29 Comments
3 min read
Blueberries
other pollinators

Pollinators on the night shift

May 18, 2015
12 Comments
2 min read
Taranov-split-8522
honey bee management

Taranov split in photos

May 16, 2015
19 Comments
4 min read
Malecta-albifrons-2-Christopher-Wren
guest posts

A wall of bees

May 14, 2015
8 Comments
4 min read
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