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DIY Solar Wax Melter
Read nowBy: Michael Kelling - President Central Texas Beekeepers Association Michael owns approximately 100 hives that he uses mainly to provide...
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The Great Drone Dump!
Read nowBY - JAMES ELAM It’s fall! You’ve been looking forward to this time of year, unless you’re a drone honey bee. As beekeepers, we soon will be witness to “The Great Drone Dump” to occur at the entrance of our...
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Temperature Dynamics of the Winter Cluster
Read nowIt is that time of the year – winter is nearly here! Granted, this is Texas…winter weather is apt to come and go randomly through much of the season. Despite its unpredictable nature, our bees prepare in much the same...
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Making a Business Out of Beekeeping
Read nowBy Blake Shook I began beekeeping like many others: Slightly timid around bees, uncertain in my ability to find one queen bee amidst thousands of workers who all seemed to be doing the bee dance at once, and highly skeptical...
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Hive Forensics
Read nowBy: CHARI ELAM Or maybe better titled - "What in the world happened to my hive?" I first wrote a version of this article last year about this time and received very good feedback from a lot of beekeepers! Turns out,...