requeen – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:47:44 +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 requeen – 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 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 Walk Away From an Angry Hive https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-walk-away-from-an-angry-hive-zbwz1712zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-walk-away-from-an-angry-hive-zbwz1712zsau/#comments Tue, 19 Dec 2017 02:35:40 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3734 Every beekeeper longs for the romanticized version of beekeeping. We like to imagine we have an understanding with our bees. A magical connection that keeps us from getting stung. Unfortunately, this isn’t the reality. Bees have good days and bad, just like us and they aren’t always in the mood for visitors! So, what do […]

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