video – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:35:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i2.wp.com/www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 video – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Hive Inspections During Dearth + Video Tutorial https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/hive-inspections-during-dearth/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/hive-inspections-during-dearth/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:23:26 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2713 (scroll down for video) Summer time seems like such a great time of year, but if you are a honey bee you favorite time of the year is really in the spring time. Why? Because there is more forage than all the honey bees in the area can possibly collect. In fact it is such […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/hive-top-feeder-bmbf/feed/ 3 Catching a Swarm (Video) – Sponsored https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/catching-a-swarm-sponsored/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/catching-a-swarm-sponsored/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:48:33 +0000 http://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3486 Catching a Swarm Sponsored By: Brushy Mountain Bee Farm Shane Gebauer, president of Brushy Mountain Bee Farm, demonstrates how to capture a bee swarm with the Hipps Swarm Retriever and install it in a super. Knowing how to catch a swarm is important both for capturing new swarms you want to add to your beekeeping […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/catching-a-swarm-sponsored/feed/ 2 How Do Bees Make Honey? https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-do-bees-make-honey/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-do-bees-make-honey/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2016 13:15:02 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2613 Did you know one healthy hive will make or consume more than 50 kg of honey in a single year? But how is it made, exactly? You may be surprised to learn, it involves kind of a lot of vomit.

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-do-bees-make-honey/feed/ 8 WATCH: Maintaining New Bee Colonies https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/brushy-mountain-inspections/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/brushy-mountain-inspections/#comments Wed, 11 May 2016 20:41:33 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2582 In this article and video, learn the dos and don’ts of inspecting newly installed bee colonies for health and productivity.

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/brushy-mountain-inspections/feed/ 3 WATCH: Getting Started with Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/getting-started-with-bees/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/getting-started-with-bees/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2016 17:52:09 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2477 guest post by Brushy Mountain Bee Farm Brushy Mountain Bee Farm has been serving the beekeeping community since 1977. Throughout our years of helping beekeepers succeed, we’ve realized that starting this exciting hobby can be daunting. Brushy Mountain Bee Farm wants to alleviate the stress of not knowing where to begin. The video below will explain […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/getting-started-with-bees/feed/ 3 Get a Head Start on Fall / Winter Preparation + Video Tutorial https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/get-a-head-start-on-fall-winter-preparation-video-tutorial/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/get-a-head-start-on-fall-winter-preparation-video-tutorial/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2015 09:30:39 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2001 Well, NOW is the time to start preparing your bees for late fall and winter. I wanted to share some things that will help you get your bees ready in time so they can ride out the cold weather that will be here before you know it.

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/get-a-head-start-on-fall-winter-preparation-video-tutorial/feed/ 4 Small Hive Beetle Control + Video Tutorial https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/small-hive-beetle-control-video-tutorial/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/small-hive-beetle-control-video-tutorial/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:02:13 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=1831 If you live in a generally warmer climate, you may run into small hive beetles.  These pests are NOT indigenous to North America or Europe, and the European honey bees have some difficulty managing to keep their numbers under control in the hive.  Hive beetles left unchecked will either cause your colony to abscond, or […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/small-hive-beetle-control-video-tutorial/feed/ 9 The Business of Bee-ing Born https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-business-of-bee-ing-born/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-business-of-bee-ing-born/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:42:13 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=1820 Recently, Anand Varma was asked to photograph the life of bees for National Geographic. He found a local Berkeley beek named Alice Rosenthal who agreed to let him use her hive for the project in exchange for a warm place for her hive to recover over winter. What resulted is nothing short of spectacular. Learn […]

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