Hive Hiearchy – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:39:33 +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 Hive Hiearchy – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Assessing Hive Temperament https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/assessing-hive-temperament-zbwz1911zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/assessing-hive-temperament-zbwz1911zsau/#comments Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:11:27 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4437 Have you ever wondered why one hive may act differently than others? Or maybe why your once gentle hive is suddenly out to sting anything that moves? Hive temperament can be somewhat subjective (as some people are more tolerant of froggy bees than others), however, there is generally variation from one hive to the other. […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/assessing-hive-temperament-zbwz1911zsau/feed/ 6 Comparing Bumblebees With Honeybees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/comparing-bumble-bees-with-honey-bees-zbwz1909zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/comparing-bumble-bees-with-honey-bees-zbwz1909zsau/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2019 00:51:10 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4447 Honeybees and bumblebees are the two most well-known bee species. Many people assume that the two live very similarly or that what is true of honey bees is also true of bumblebees, but they have some fascinating differences. Read on to find out how bumblebees differ from honeybees. Bee colonies Bumblebees and honeybees both live […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/comparing-bumble-bees-with-honey-bees-zbwz1909zsau/feed/ 5 10 Steps to Requeening a Hot Hive https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/10-steps-to-requeen-a-hot-hive-zbwz1901zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/10-steps-to-requeen-a-hot-hive-zbwz1901zsau/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2019 19:14:04 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4259 It’s amazing the way a beehive can have a personality. While the colony is made up of thousands of individual bees, it is the overall collective demeanor of the group that makes it as if you are working with a single organism. If you have an overly-aggressive hive you can change the behavior of your […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/10-steps-to-requeen-a-hot-hive-zbwz1901zsau/feed/ 6 How to Find a Queen Bee https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-find-a-queen-bee-zbwz1901zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-find-a-queen-bee-zbwz1901zsau/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2019 03:52:47 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4234 Finding the queen bee in your hives can be challenging — even for veteran beekeepers. Some queens are plump and shine like a gold beacon on the frame, while others seem to have camouflage. Not only does your ability to find her depend on her size and color, but her behavior, too. Some queens flaunt themselves […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-find-a-queen-bee-zbwz1901zsau/feed/ 16 The Seasonal Bumblebee https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-seasonal-bumblebee-zbwz1711zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-seasonal-bumblebee-zbwz1711zsau/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2017 17:28:46 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3714 It’s the end of November in Michigan, we’ve already had several snow falls, the temperature today is 29 degrees outside, and I just killed a mosquito in our bathroom. It always amazes me how resilient insects are. In the winter, I often look across our field covered in white drifts of snow, sometimes several feet […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-seasonal-bumblebee-zbwz1711zsau/feed/ 3 5 THINGS NEW BEEKEEPERS SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/5-things-new-beekeepers-can-stop-worrying-about/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/5-things-new-beekeepers-can-stop-worrying-about/#comments Thu, 07 Sep 2017 00:21:52 +0000 http://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3601 In my experience, most new beekeepers are worry worts. They spend a lot of energy fretting over their bees, but mostly they focus on the wrong things. Read on to find out what you can stop stressing out about! 1. Cooling the Hive  Honey bees like to keep their brood nests between 90-97F (32-25C) degrees. […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/drones-a-sign-of-a-healthy-hive/feed/ 20 The Anatomy of a Worker Bee https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-anatomy-of-a-worker-bee/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-anatomy-of-a-worker-bee/#comments Tue, 23 May 2017 18:59:07 +0000 http://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3443 A honey bee is approximately a half of an inch long. Though tiny, it is made up of many complicated and interesting parts. The honey bee is one of the most streamline designs of any creature. Each part is tailored to a specific purpose, and does that purpose well.     The body of a […]

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