Skeps – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Fri, 20 Oct 2017 21:24:05 +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 Skeps – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 SKEP BEEKEEPING: From a Hive to a Skep https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/skep-beekeeping-moving-a-colony-from-a-hive-to-a-skep/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/skep-beekeeping-moving-a-colony-from-a-hive-to-a-skep/#respond Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:43:46 +0000 http://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3453 Moving colonies successfully and gently from one hive to another takes planning and good bee math.

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/skep-beekeeping-moving-a-colony-from-a-hive-to-a-skep/feed/ 0 Keeping Bees in Skeps: My Continuing Journey in Straw https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/keeping-bees-in-skeps-my-continuing-journey-in-straw/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/keeping-bees-in-skeps-my-continuing-journey-in-straw/#comments Mon, 01 May 2017 22:44:24 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=3416 This is my first summer keeping bees in straw hives called "skeps." Come follow my journey!

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/keeping-bees-in-skeps-my-continuing-journey-in-straw/feed/ 31 Keeping Bees in Straw Hives—An New Journey https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/keeping-bees-in-straw-hives-a-newold-approach/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/keeping-bees-in-straw-hives-a-newold-approach/#comments Sun, 23 Oct 2016 17:38:44 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2872 It has been five months since I brought my bright and beautiful, straw-woven Sun Hive home, and just three months since I escorted a small cast swarm up a wooden ramp and into its dark and enfolding interior...

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