Beekeepers Blog

"What you put in it, is typically   what you'll get out of it!" By: Chari Elam Honey Production! What you put in it, is typically what you'll get out of it! It never ceases to amaze me that these tiny...

I'm already there - Won't you join me? By: Charlie Agar - Owner Charlie Bee Company and FrontRow Multimedia Texas Beekeepers Association Director and Volunteer Mentor for Hives For Heroes It will all start out innocently enough. You watch a...

How to make a handy mobile storage dolly By: Harrison Rogers Vice President Harris County Beekeepers Association Treasurer - Real Texas Honey Program - Certified Texas Master Beekeeper Have you ever started pulling supers out of storage when the nectar...

Let’s face it, one of the greatest parts of beekeeping is “Honey Extraction"! Having said that, it’s also a LOT of work! The first step in that process is to remove the bees from the honey supers! Fortunately, beekeepers have...

There are a variety of ways to tell if your hive has lost its queen, and at some point, each hive will eventually lose its queen. At times, they requeen themselves and we never know it, (which isn’t ideal) and...

1. Return supers the same day after extracting in the late evening, thus allowing the hive to clean them up overnight. Supers placed back on hives in the middle of the day smell strongly of honey, and encourage robbing. 2....