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Top 5 Plants for Late Season Nectar

Nectar dearth is a phrase that you hear frequently in beekeeping. Simply put, it means that instead of your honeybees finding readily available nectar and pollen-producing flowers, they are chowing...

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Winter Aconite-Early Spring Bee Flower

Sunny yellow blooms fringed with a green ruff green poking through snow is my first sign that spring has sprung. Eranthis hyamalis, in the buttercup family, is a spring ephemeral, which means that it...

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HOW TO CLEAN A DEAD HIVE

When the worst happens and you lose a hive, it’s hard to know what to do with what’s left behind. Do you try to save the comb so that you can reuse it on another hive? How do you deal with a moth or...

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Spring Cleanup of Old Equipment

What does a beekeeper do in February? Renovate your equipment!! Thinking of my beehives bursting with loads of bees and honey puts me in the mood to go through and inspect all my honeybee equipment and...

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The Best Tool to Uncap Your Honey

Uncapping our honey harvest is probably the most satisfying job on our farm. Watching that luxurious curl of wax that slices off the frame and rolls away revealing the smooth golden honey is one of...

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Cuckoo Bees – The Shadow Brood

Cuckoo bees are closely related to their host species. Their appearance and size will depend on the host species. For example, if their host species is bumblebees then they will look like bumblebees....

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What does REALLY HOT Weather Mean for Your Bees?

Bees get hot just like humans do. Be prepared to support them during extreme heat by taking a look at water, ventilation, nutrition and helping to make sure they have easy access to these. If you...

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DIY Small Hive Beetle Traps

While swiffer wipes are a common favorite for small hive beetle control, there is a cheaper and easier to find alternative. The post DIY Small Hive Beetle Traps appeared first on Keeping Backyard Bees.

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WHICH BEEHIVE STYLE IS BEST FOR BEGINNERS?

I can see in their face that they expect a finite answer. They want my blessing or a warning against a certain hive style, but they are destined for disappointment. As with so many questions in...

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Easy Bee Hive Feeder

Here's a cheap and easy way to supplement your bees feed in bulk. The post Easy Bee Hive Feeder appeared first on Keeping Backyard Bees.

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How to Keep Your Backyard Safe for Bees

No one can deny the benefits that bees give to the world. The world’s food industry depends on them for proper pollination to feed people around the globe. Plants depend on bees to spread their pollen...

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Don’t Mow the Goldenrod

I have allergies…let…me…tell…you…do I have allergies. Indoor, outdoor, seasonal…everything makes my sinuses upset. When I was a kid I did the whole allergy shot ritual, which seemed to do absolutely...

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Wall Beekeeping: An Ancient Beekeeping Practice (who knew??)

Once again, I find myself gloriously behind the times. In this particular case a few thousand years behind the times: I built and maintain a wall beehive—a colony housed in the wall of my bedroom. I...

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Top 5 Plants for Late Season Nectar

Nectar dearth is a phrase that you hear frequently in beekeeping. Simply put, it means that instead of your honeybees finding readily available nectar and pollen-producing flowers, they are chowing...

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Winter Aconite-Early Spring Bee Flower

Sunny yellow blooms fringed with a green ruff green poking through snow is my first sign that spring has sprung. Eranthis hyamalis, in the buttercup family, is a spring ephemeral, which means that it...

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Bees and Fall Clean Up

The garden is starting to dwindle. The other morning I woke as the sun was coming up and I can’t tell for sure, but it looked as though we had a bit of frost on the north side of the lawn.   The tomato...

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How to Choose the Best Beehive Location

As you plan for the arrival of your new bees, you have many exciting things to consider. Is your equipment ready? Do you have all the tools and protective clothing needed?  But one factor that is...

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Siting Your Yard for Bees: FAQs

Maybe you’ve heard people talk about siting your yard for bees. If you’ve looked into beekeeping online for any amount of time, there’s a good chance you’ve come across this topic. Let’s cut to the...

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How Thermal Imaging Is Redefining Beekeeping

While beekeeping can be tough, the wonders of modern technology is making it more efficient than ever to make sure your bees are okay, and that you’re getting the best results. It’s also making it...

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Bee-Friendly Plants: Fireweed

The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate...

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