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Get expert tips for beekeeping in March to ensure a successful season. Learn how to care for your bees and maximize honey production.Read now -
May Beekeeping Tips
Read now1. As the honey flow begins in most of the state, your hive should be reaching its peak population. Check your hive weekly to ensure they have enough room. In some areas, bees can bring in up to 10lbs of...
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Pheromones – Communication without Sound
Read nowBy: Ed Erwin Beekeepers know that pheromones are the key to controlling all activities of the bees in the beehive. The word pheromone comes from the ancient Greek word phero, which means "to bear" and hormone. Pheromones of the honey...
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Preparing Honey for a Show
Read nowBy: Dodie Stillman Dodie Stillman and Ann Harmon 2019 TBA Convention - San Antonio After 2020 preventing an in-person convention, TBA is very excited to host the 2021 Texas Beekeepers Association “in person” Convention at Moody Gardens – Galveston, TX....
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September Beekeeping Tips
Get expert tips for beekeeping in September to ensure a successful season. Learn how to maintain hives, harvest honey, and protect your bees.Read now -
How Honey Bees Hear, Taste, Smell and Feel!
Read nowBy: Ed Erwin - Master Beekeeper Mentor Director Montgomery County Beekeepers Association Founder: BeeHarmony.org Inside of a bee hive, honey bees live in virtual darkness, making smell and touch critical to the communication with other honey bees within the colony....