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What is the difference between Italian and Carniolan Honey Bees?

What is the difference between Italian and Carniolan Honey Bees?

16December 16, 2014 / Off / in Beginning Beekeeper, Carniolan Bee, Hive management, Italian Bee, Swarm, Winter

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 each hive will ultimately have their own characteristics. We keep a ratio of 50% Italian and 50% Carniolan hives in our bee yards. We do not have a favorite but…

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Hive Bearding – Video

1October 14, 2014 / Off / in Bee stress, Beginning Beekeeper, Carniolan Bee, Hive management, Swarm

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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What is a Honey Bee Swarm?

0July 9, 2014 / Off / in Beginning Beekeeper, Hive management, 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 size, new queens are reared in special large peanut-shaped queen cells and fed “royal jelly” (an enriched diet of brood food). Shortly before a new queen emerges, the old queen…

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Feral Honey Bee Study by University of Georgia Honey Bee Lab

Feral Honey Bee Study by University of Georgia Honey Bee Lab

0January 20, 2014 / Off / in Nuc, Swarm

It was approximately a year ago, that we started to see these elevated nuc boxes appearing in the Chattahoochee National Forest here in Northeast Georgia.  Let me explain what you are seeing.  These are Nuc boxes which have drawn out foundation, on the inside, from another hive at another site.  The drawn out foundation acts like…

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