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Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
feeding bees • wintering

Syrup does not belong in a cold hive

January 6, 2013
29 Comments
5 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
wintering

Opening your hive in winter

January 4, 2013
45 Comments
3 min read
wintering

It’s winter and I’m tired of seeing dead bees!

January 3, 2013
64 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honey bee management

January in the apiary

January 2, 2013
4 Comments
4 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
wild bees and native bees

Lekking for love

December 29, 2012
8 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
photographs

Glory, peace on Earth, good will toward all

December 24, 2012
4 Comments
1 min read
beeswax

Filter beeswax with old socks and a crockpot

December 23, 2012
20 Comments
2 min read
pollination

What is incomplete fertilization?

December 17, 2012
5 Comments
3 min read
wild bees and native bees

Mites on a bumble bee

December 15, 2012
8 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
wild bees and native bees

Alkali bees, the alfalfa specialists

December 13, 2012
25 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
beekeeping equipment

Twenty-five holiday trinkets for beekeepers

December 10, 2012
12 Comments
3 min read
Honey and beeswax candles. Pixabay
beeswax • honey

What is first rinse water?

December 5, 2012
16 Comments
3 min read
Honey draining from an extractor. Pixabay
honey production

How to avoid an expensive honey extractor: 3 alternatives

December 4, 2012
18 Comments
5 min read
Two varroa mites feeding on a sick honey bee with deformed wing virus.
diseases • parasites • varroa mites

Varroa mites feeding on a sick honey bee

December 1, 2012
23 Comments
1 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bee feces • neighbors

Yellow rain: but whose bees did it?

November 28, 2012
17 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honey bee management • wintering

December in the apiary

November 26, 2012
12 Comments
2 min read
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