Drones – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Fri, 20 Oct 2017 21:22:43 +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 Drones – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 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 What Happened To the Drones? https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/what-happened-to-the-drones/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/what-happened-to-the-drones/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:16:19 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2149 What happened To the Drones The weather has started cooling in NE Ga, and hive activity has changed with the season. One very noticeable change is the drone activity. As I walk the bee yard observing the hives and performing final inspections of the season, it is not uncommon to see lots of drones wandering […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/what-happened-to-the-drones/feed/ 2 Fix It: Queenless Hive Full of Drones and Honey https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/fix-queenless-hive-full-drones-honey/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/fix-queenless-hive-full-drones-honey/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2014 19:28:40 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=307 An overactive hive is producing plenty of honey, but it wasn't too active outside of the hive. Is this a case of a missing queen?

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