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Critical actions & common questions for the first month home with your new bees!Read now
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Diagnosing Hive Death
Read nowThe following is a broad overview of conditions and causes most commonly found in backyard beekeeper “dead outs.” Some of these conditions are “seasonal” but so many of them could be in any season throughout the year. Condition: Dead bees head...
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Bee Yard Shuffle
Read nowEqualizing Hives across the Bee Yard Bee Yard Shuffle - Sounds like a dance doesn’t it? In reality I guess it kind of is! I write this article today as a suggestion from a beekeeper on our January Monthly Zoom call....
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Setting Up Bee Yards
Read nowBy: Blake Shook It’s the time of year new beekeepers need to be thinking about setting up their bee yards. In some instances, some relatively intense work can be involved in preparing the space. Notice I didn’t say “hard” work…...
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Bees on the Move
Read nowBy: Sandy Murray & Cyrus Nasr Moving bees can seem like a daunting task for a beekeeper. As seasoned beekeepers with over 150 hives at Hive Bee Farm we get lots of questions like... How do you move 30-80 thousand...
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Reducing Drifting
Read nowBy: Scott Souders In all the places I have lived, it seems there is always one house somewhere nearby with way too many people living there. Neighbors probably thought the same about my house growing up with eight of us,...
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Mowing and Maintaining your Bee Yard
Mowing and edging around beehives is not always easy! Bees hate the noise and vibration of either and will quickly become agitated. I recommend mowing and edging in the late evening right before dark when the bees are much less likely to fly.Read now -
How Close Together Can I Place Hives?
Simply put, as close as you like. I recommend placing hives a comfortable working distance apart.Read now -
Beginning Beekeeping Hive Tour with Blake Shook
Read nowprobably taking one of our classes with Jana row or James and Sheri along and we wanted to make this video because sometimes folks can't always make it out into the be or they don't have a time or doesn't...