Hi- I am a breand new beekeeper up in Wyoming, United States. I just got a couple of hives started from 3 lb packages earlier this spring. i am just learning...
Hi all, Steps for assembling a hive using the natural extensive beekeeping technique. We only use shallow supers (3/4), although a combination of supers of any...
Hello I am a young beekeeper who is looking for a place to put two beehives in the Newtown area (Sydney). My dear wife is allergic to bee stings and does not...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/20/2630248.htm Cabonne Shire councillors are taking a first-hand look at the proposed site for a honey processing...
Hi all, I always think the beekeeping management recommended in the Natural Extensive Beekeeping handbook could be a solution for people with scarce resources...
Have a look at http://www.abc.net.au/rn/bushtelegraph/features/beehive/default.html Hopefully it will gain the interest of many in Australia. Trevor...
Hi every one, Our company, Shenzhen Futian Bee Products. Co., Ltd, is a specialized manufacturer and exporter for Beekeeping Equipments and Bee Products in...
I am a novice suburban backyard beekeeper, with 2 hives, in Sydney. One hive is from a swarm I collected about a year ago. It is very aggressive, so I am keen...
... Yes it can be hard to find the old queen, try moving the hive a meter from its location and putting an empty box in its place, that way you can take a...
... Good idea, thanks. I was also thinking of using a shop vac, to remove most of the bees. In this case, it wouldn't matter if the queen was sucked in too....
... I just had a thought that if I needed to reduce the number of aggressive bees flying around, when I was looking for the queen, I could vacuum up some of...
... A good beekeeper would never do anything that would reduce (kill) the number of bees in a hive. Remember, you work with the bees, not against them. That is...
... Thanks for the advice. The main thing I want to do, is to continue beekeeping. So I want to avoid doing anything, that might cause me to have to stop. ...