beekeeping – Keeping Backyard Bees

DIY Providing Water for Bees

Gene Rene' — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:43:35 +0000

Did you know bees get just as thirsty and exhausted by heat as you?

If you keep bees or even if you just want to be a good neighbor or a thankful gardener, it's easy to give bees a source of water.

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Prepare Your Bees for Extreme Heat

Brad James — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:09:00 +0000

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 don't, your beekeeping experience may be less enjoyable.

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Swarm Essentials Podcast – Catching the Buzz

KBB Editor — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 21:48:14 +0000

In this episode, Hilary Kearney of Girl Next Door Honey teaches Charlotte French and Zach Foley about catching a swarm. She also goes into detail about her business as a beekeeper. Our Guest Hilary Kearney is a full-time beekeeper in her hometown of San Diego, California. Her business Girl Next Door Honey provides educational opportunities for hundreds […]

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Harvest Your Honey – Podcast

KBB Editor — Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:47:59 +0000

Harvest Your Honey On this episode of Keeping Backyard Bees podcasts, Charlotte Brunin and Robert Riley meet with Becky and Steve Tipton to discuss all this honey including how to harvest from a Langstroth Hive. Our Guests: Becky Tipton and her husband, Steve, own Country Creek Honey and have been producing and selling honey for […]

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Siting Your Yard for Bees: FAQs

Brad James — Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:12:10 +0000

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 chase – siting your yard means picking where you’re going to set up your hive. It’s an important first step […]

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5 Important Considerations for Beginning Beekeepers

Charlotte Anderson — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:39:29 +0000

Beekeeping is a fascinating hobby that is enjoyed by thousands of people across the world. Beekeepers come in all ages and from all backgrounds. Almost anyone can become a beekeeper and you can keep bees almost anywhere. Are you considering embarking on the road to becoming a beekeeper? If so, you are in for an […]

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The Beekeeping Revolution

Claire Jones — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:13:12 +0000

Beekeeping, especially urban beekeeping, is picking up steam and buzz. When I first attended a beekeeping basics class put on by the local beekeepers club 20 years ago, older men in coveralls dominated and the joke was that the average age of a beekeeper was “from 57 to dead.” As a younger woman in the […]

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Engaging Your Community in Beekeeping

Jennifer Sartell — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 17:26:35 +0000

Our first experience with beekeeping was attending a one-hour presentation at our community library. It was the first time I spoke to a beekeeper and, if anything, it calmed any reservations we may have had and upped our enthusiasm to the point where we went home and ordered our first hive. We are living proof […]

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Persevering Through Hive Losses

Rachel Cunning — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 22:08:03 +0000

My beehive died again this year. The death of this hive marks the third year (and the fourth hive) that I’ve failed to shepherd one through the winter. I have attended multiple beekeeping classes and workshops, a mentoring session, and read several books on beekeeping. I am by no means a novice. For the last […]

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Hands-Off Beekeeping

Susan Chernak McElroy — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 23:59:09 +0000

There is conventional beekeeping in Langstroth hives. And then, there is beekeeping a wholly "other way."

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