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Bee Blog

bee stories • honey bee behavior • muddled thinking

Bathing with bees

July 26, 2013
11 Comments
3 min read
how to • wild bees and native bees

How to move a bumble bee nest

July 24, 2013
82 Comments
6 min read
honey bee management • predators

Nectar dearth and summer stress

July 23, 2013
31 Comments
4 min read
attracting wild pollinators • how to • mason bees

How to make an awesome nesting block

July 22, 2013
30 Comments
3 min read
beekeeping equipment

A homemade extractor

July 19, 2013
3 Comments
3 min read
wasps

Equal opportunity housing

July 18, 2013
6 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
wasps

A wispy water wasp

July 16, 2013
4 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
miscellaneous musings • varroa mites

The value of scientific inquiry

July 15, 2013
25 Comments
4 min read
beekeeping equipment

A combination chicken and bee coop

June 30, 2013
8 Comments
2 min read
beekeeping equipment

The great extractor debate: don’t buy one till you need one

June 27, 2013
54 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
photographs

Bee mail

June 26, 2013
3 Comments
1 min read
wild bees and native bees

A face only a mother could love

June 25, 2013
6 Comments
1 min read
beekeeping equipment

Variations on the hive

June 24, 2013
8 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
hive products • photographs

Honey for sale

June 22, 2013
2 Comments
1 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bees in the news • pesticides

Let’s spray the trees while they bloom! Great idea!

June 21, 2013
21 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honey bee behavior

Weight training for honey bees

June 21, 2013
2 Comments
1 min read
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