Bee Keeping
Up In Smoke: Why Beekeepers Use Smokers
A bee smoker is an essential tool for beekeepers. It seems odd to outsiders that someone would intentionally blow smoke into a hive of bees, but beekeepers use smokers very deliberately. The bee smoker keeps bees and beekeepers safe when a beekeeper needs access to a hive. There are many reasons a beekeeper needs hive…
Read MoreTechnology Advances Impressively Track Data from Beehives Worldwide
The World Bee Project is a worldwide effort to research combined data from beehives around the globe to find out what helps bees thrive, patterns of behavior, trends, and the world’s hive health. More than 40 percent of honeybees are facing extinction, according to scientists. If the threat is not addressed, this will be devastating…
Read MoreBee Keeping 101
If beekeeping were a college class, everyone interested would need to start at the beginning. There is no magical formula for successful beekeeping, and anyone who already does beekeeping understands every single hive is different. Even with a good starting point of what to do and when, it may leave some struggling as they figure…
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