Unfortunately, no… Not controlling Varroa will allow them to spread—not only to your other hives but often to all the hives within a few miles of your own bees. Not controlling Varroa in some manner is irresponsible as a beekeeper...
Topics Beekeepers Can't Agree On! By: Lynne Jones Queen Excluders below your honey supers - always, never, sometimes? That was the question I asked beekeepers in two Facebook groups on April 1st. Out of twenty beekeepers that responded, a whopping...
Post-harvest is one of the most vulnerable times for our bees. The smell of honey is in the air and the scout bees are on the hunt, thus it’s very important to learn how to recognize robbing behavior. During robbing...
IPM - Integrated Pest Management The IPM approach is simply this – utilizing a series of methods for the long-term control and prevention of Varroa mites. The combination of these different methods gives the beekeeper and the bees a much...
By: Blake Shook Is it a time of year, or when the bees reach a certain stage? The short answer is…both! Supering is usually referred to as: adding additional boxes in which the bees begin storing surplus honey. In most...
