Do you have a beekeeper in your circle that you struggle finding he or she the perfect gift? It is simple to buy anything off the shelf for the sake of giving a gift. However, purchasing useless gifts is wasting your money and providing an item that ends up tucked away somewhere and never used. … Read more
With a hive tool, smoker and other various tools in hand, beekeepers approach their beehives excitedly. Each keeper is eager to find what gifts the bees have been preparing. Before approaching the hives, there is one significant step to take, and that is to put protective clothing on your body and head. However, beekeepers are different … Read more
Guide to Bees and Honey The crucial step of protecting bee colonies from parasites, diseases, and other harmful illnesses is the skill of identifying and handling the issues early. In this guide, you will learn all about the amazing honey bee and what delicious treat they create for themselves, and, luckily, us too. Honey bees are majorly-important … Read more
When the season’s change and cold weather returns, birds fly south, bears get to hibernate, but what about honeybees? Well, like every species on earth, bees have their unique strategy of coping during the cold season. Before we get into the topic of the best bee feeder, let’s go on a little journey and learn … Read more
Where Does the Varroa Mite Come From? The Varroa mite was discovered initially by Mr. A.C. Oudemans in late 1904. While checking his hives, he found a parasite on an Asian honey bee. During 1940, when the vast movement of transporting the western honey bee colonies in and out of Asia is how the Varroa mite found … Read more
Picking the Perfect Honey Jar It would be difficult to gather a room of honey enthusiast and have them tell you what the best honey jar is. What you will find is that each person will give a different answer. Perhaps it is due to there being a lot of various options of honey jars. … Read more
If you want to feel confident with beekeeping, you need one of the best bee suits to protect you from stings. Getting stung is unpleasant, and it’s hard to be patient enough to do a good job when you’re in pain. Protecting yourself with a top quality bee suit makes good sense. Like the saying … Read more
Honey bees must visit two million flowers just to make one pound of honey! According to data produced by the Canadian Honey Council, bees must also fly 50,000 miles. That goes some way toward showing the importance of bees, and the hive. Because of all the effort that goes into producing honey, beehives must be. … Read more
Beekeeping is a science all on its own. By the time you add the tools, protective garments, and gadgets that go in one single jar of honey, it is not only science it is a miracle. Honey refractometers are the tool that honey packers and beekeepers use to measure the amount of moisture content there … Read more
It’s no big secret that smoke has a calming effect on bees. The unique bee smoking strategy began in ancient times and still exist today. However, even though the mystery remained until the 20th century, it is always not understood completely today in modern terms. A bee smoker is a handy gadget used by beekeepers … Read more