The ABC's of Beekeeping
One of the most distinctive tools in a beekeeper’s arsenal is the smoking tool. This tool, which produces smoke, plays a crucial role in calming bees during routine maintenance and honey harvesting. The use of smoke in beekeeping has a long history that dates back to ancient civilizations. Greeks, Romans, […]
Beekeeping is an attractive prospect for a lot of people that want to create their own honey at home. The Apiculture market continues to grow as honey and beeswax become a more appealing part of healthcare and beauty products. There is also the fun of being able to raise bees […]
If you’re thinking about starting your journey in beekeeping, or have plans to expand your current beekeeping operations to something a little more than a personal hobby, there are some key rules and regulations you need to go over: Bees Act 1980 Covers the government’s powers of the control of […]
If you’re thinking about starting a hive or expanding upon your beekeeping hobby, there will be some local and state regulations you’ll need to familiarise yourself with. Below is a list of beekeeping laws by state, as well as a list of state beekeeping associations, to help you get to […]
It turns out it’s not only ducks that quack. Researchers at Nottingham Trent University used sensitive vibration detectors, called accelerometers, to listen in on Honeybee hives. What they found, is that besides the regular buzzing sounds we all hear; queen honeybees make quacking and tooting noises. How Bees communicate Honeybees […]
Once you have set up your beehives and your bees have made their homes in them, you will need to start examining the hives at regular intervals to ensure everything is functioning as it should be. Bees are amazingly adaptive insects and they thrive with a little help from their […]
There’s nothing quite as disheartening as realizing that your bees have up and taken off on you. You may think to yourself; “did I do something wrong?” And “How can I make sure this doesn’t happen again?” Well, swarming does happen, plus certain species of bees are more prone to […]
Learning how to maintain a hive with a healthy queen is absolutely vital for all beekeepers. A queen will be able to produce fertilized eggs that will in turn grow into more worker bees, or even future queens. In addition, the presence of a queen will encourage the workers to […]
As a newcomer to the beekeeping world you may be shocked to find that there are actually situations in which you might need to feed your bees. Ideally, you would simply leave enough honey for the bees to feed on, and not have to worry yourself about feeding them. However, […]
An important decision for any beekeeper is optimizing the location of their beehives. Because of their versatility, beehives can actually be placed anywhere- in an urban setting or in the countryside, on a rooftop or a backyard, provided certain basic conditions are met. Below are some key points that you, […]