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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
Blogs
Beginning Beekeeper
What is the difference between Italian and Carniolan Honey Bees?
This article is focused on the generalities of each bee. As we all know, the queens will ultimately determine the characteristics of the hive. So
Bee stress
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.
Harvesting Honey from the hive – Video
Many times the new beekeeper is faced with harvesting honey for the first time and not knowing what to do. This is a step-by-step video
Beginning Beekeeper
Why is Goldenrod so important for your bees?
In the South, Goldenrod is basically the last true nectar and pollen source for your bees for the season. Goldenrod tends to mature at different
What is a Honey Bee Swarm?
A “cloud of bees forming a swarm is a spectacular sight.” What happens in a honey bee swarm? When a colony grows to a certain
Hive management
Commercial Nuc Yard
Today, we finally finished what we began in November. We opened a new Nuc yard with approx. 140 new nuc boxes to raise our bees
Bee stress
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
Beginning Beekeeper
Internal Warmth of a Bee Colony
We just had an unusual snowfall here in Northeast Georgia. Just a few days prior, the temperatures were in the sixties! This kind of up
Hive management
Wood Nuc box vs. Wax Cardboard Box – Growing Nucs
Time to go back to the lumber yard! I thought I was done with seeing the guys at my lumber yard for this season… Due
Hive management
The Beekeeper’s Bucket
When you’re ready to go out in the beeyard to inspect your hives, you choose the tools you think you may need, then toss them
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
Hive Body
Winter hive warmth and the colony migration within the hive
Recently, I was speaking with a beekeeper and we were discussing the subject of why bees move up into the super during the winter months.
Carniolan Bee
Quality Characteristics of a Nuc – Part 4
You are paying a lot of money for your nuc and you should have a quality nuc in return! The spectrum of quality control varies