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More than 400,000 hives lost; donation effort hopes to mitigate the impact on some Lee bee keepers By CJ HADDAD – | Jan 26, 2023 PHOTO
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How To Save The Bees From Home
By Daniela Gonzalez, Porch.com You might love their fuzzy, striped bodies or get a bit nervous when they buzz by; either way, there’s no denying
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Busy Bees: How to Keep your Hive Buzzing Year-Round
By: Maria Jose Meneses You’ve heard lots of buzz recently about the importance of honeybees to our ecosystem. Due to pesticide use and colony collapse
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Varroa Destructor Sends Signals Within the Hive
Small parasitic mites, called Varroa Destructor, are one of the greatest threats to honey bees. Varroa often send very powerful vibrational pulses to the surface
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Imported Wood Products- Is it good or bad for our bees?
The last several years, you may have wondered “How can a international company market hive components at 20% less?” These hive components can be frames,
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Why is it important to stop robbing in your bee yard?
Let’s start with the 3 main reasons why “robbing” happens in the bee yard. A dearth – Click here to learn more about dearths A
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Why bee packages cannot be shipped via aircraft?
It is important to understand the history of why honey bee packages can no longer fly via aircraft in 2021. The Federal Aviation Agency (FAA),
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How do you get ready for the Fall and Winter temperatures?
You have now successfully gotten through the summer and have harvested your honey! Now is the time to look at two major obstacles that your
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Beekeeping check list for success in July!
It is now almost July and by the end of July 90% of the states are now entering a “dearth”. A dearth is a time
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What is going on when you see honey bees with deformed wings?
During the summer months you may find one or several bees that have deformed wings. This is called Deformed Wing Virus (DWV). DWV is an
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What is the best smoker fuel for you honey bees?
This is a question we here a lot from new beekeepers to experienced beekeepers. Let’s step back for a moment and look at what we
Why do beekeepers see bee colony loss this time of the year?
A very common hive problem becomes apparent in September through October. Your colony has produced several gallons of honey and you are a happy beekeeper!
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Mid-Summer Hive Inspection
This is a very important time to inspect your hive. For many in the Southeast, you have already pulled your honey frames and have already
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How does a beekeeper attract a swarm?
A swarm is mostly a natural occurrence that honey bees do as part of their genetic make-up. The two most common reasons for swarms can
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What is the best way to feed your bee hive?
What is the best way to feed your bee hive? Feeding your bee colony in the Fall and Winter is critical. But how do you
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How to survive winter through feeding your colony
A common phone call that we receive in March of each year: Caller – “Ray, I do not know what happened. I opened my hive
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Fall & Winter Maintenance Feeding
The cool Fall days are here! One of our most common beekeeper statements is “my bees died over the winter and there was no honey
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Varroa Mites – What should a beekeeper do?
Varroa Mites Mites are the #1 killer of honey bees across the USA. It is that time of the year, July, to have a short
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Honey Bees & Chickens-Friend or Foe?
Chickens can be a friend to the honey bees! If you are considering keeping a few chickens, allowing them to free range or roam around
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Getting your hive ready for winter – video
This video will step you through how to get your bee hive ready for winter weather. There are simple and inexpensive ways to prepare your hive
Hive Bearding – Video
Why is it so important for your hive to beard on warm Spring and Summer days? Watch this video for the many forms of bearding.
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Georgia Beekeepers Association – Presentation Material
This is for all the attendees that came to the Georgia Beekeepers Association Spring Meeting earlier today and wanted to have this presentation. Glad to
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Winterizing the hive – Southeastern Region
Winter can be tough on the bee hive! The first winter for a new colony is extremely important. That is the reason behind this blog.
Proper Hive Placement
The picture above is a great picture for new beekeepers to understand the importance of picking that special location for your bee hive(s). This is
Colony clustering during the winter season
Recently, I was speaking with a beekeeper in Missouri, we were discussing the subject of why bees move up into the super during the winter