beepods – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:08:58 +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 beepods – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Prepare Your Bees for Extreme Heat https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/prepare-your-bees-for-extreme-heat-zbwz1907zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/prepare-your-bees-for-extreme-heat-zbwz1907zsau/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:09:00 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4407 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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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/prepare-your-bees-for-extreme-heat-zbwz1907zsau/feed/ 5 Treatment-Free Beekeeping and the Varroa Mite https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/treatment-free-beekeeping-varroa-mite/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/treatment-free-beekeeping-varroa-mite/#comments Thu, 27 Apr 2017 12:56:29 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=3404 The Varroa mite is a Pandora’s box that humans will never be able to close. They are here to stay and they aren’t going anywhere despite all our efforts to treat them away. According to USDA’s Report on Honey Bee Health (PDF), published in 2012, the parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, remains the single most detrimental […]

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