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…
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.
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…
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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