winter – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Fri, 27 Mar 2020 14:48:48 +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 winter – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Hands-Off Beekeeping https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/hands-off-beekeeping-zbwz1711zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/hands-off-beekeeping-zbwz1711zsau/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2017 23:59:09 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3705 There is conventional beekeeping in Langstroth hives. And then, there is beekeeping a wholly "other way."

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/hands-off-beekeeping-zbwz1711zsau/feed/ 5 End of Year To Do Lists and Reminders for Beekeepers https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/end-of-year-reminders-and-to-do-lists-for-beekeepers/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/end-of-year-reminders-and-to-do-lists-for-beekeepers/#comments Sun, 22 Oct 2017 17:16:38 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3640 For Northern beekeepers, it is way past the time to prepare for winter, but in the southeast, we still have 90° F days and the goldenrod is finally in full bloom! The weather this year has been a complete downer with it raining almost every day from 03 June until 09 September and then Hurricane […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/end-of-year-reminders-and-to-do-lists-for-beekeepers/feed/ 18 Feeding Bees-Keeping Your Hives Alive! https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/feeding-bees-keeping-your-bees-alive/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/feeding-bees-keeping-your-bees-alive/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:47:12 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2953 When to Feed Bees Feeding bees is all about stretching the food stores so that bees don’t starve from lack of nectar, especially during the cold winter months. Feeding bees is essential at different stages of keeping bees.Newly installed bee packages also need a boost of sugar water until they get their house in order. As a gardener […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/feeding-bees-keeping-your-bees-alive/feed/ 9 A Way To Store Your Old Comb + Video https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/a-way-to-store-your-old-comb-video/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/a-way-to-store-your-old-comb-video/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2015 20:36:06 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2269 It’s best to only have enough comb in your hive that your bees can cover and with cooler temperatures coming, they will start to cluster. Keeping warm will be easier in a smaller space.

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/a-way-to-store-your-old-comb-video/feed/ 8 10 Reasons Beehives Die in the Winter https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/10-reasons-beehives-dies-in-the-winter/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/10-reasons-beehives-dies-in-the-winter/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:36:59 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2078 Winter is coming. Now is the time to begin preparing your beehives for a successful overwintering. During winter, instead of foraging for and storing food, the focus of the hive is to overwinter the queen. Successfully overwintering the queen ensures the hive’s survival for next spring. Honeybees during this time will cluster around the queen […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/10-reasons-beehives-dies-in-the-winter/feed/ 19 Get a Head Start on Fall / Winter Preparation + Video Tutorial https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/get-a-head-start-on-fall-winter-preparation-video-tutorial/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/get-a-head-start-on-fall-winter-preparation-video-tutorial/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2015 09:30:39 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2001 Well, NOW is the time to start preparing your bees for late fall and winter. I wanted to share some things that will help you get your bees ready in time so they can ride out the cold weather that will be here before you know it.

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/get-a-head-start-on-fall-winter-preparation-video-tutorial/feed/ 4 The Backyard Buzz – Transporting Bees Without Nuc Boxes https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-backyard-buzz-transporting-bees-without-nuc-boxes/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-backyard-buzz-transporting-bees-without-nuc-boxes/#comments Sat, 02 May 2015 01:10:39 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=1519 For readers who live in areas of the country with winters as harsh as those in Northeastern Pennsylvania, colony loss is expected in the spring. As we try to grow our apiary from year to year, winter losses are always a disappointing setback. Two years ago we decided to not just replace the hives lost over the winter, but to […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-backyard-buzz-transporting-bees-without-nuc-boxes/feed/ 4 The Backyard Buzz – Winter Results https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-backyard-buzz-winter-results/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-backyard-buzz-winter-results/#comments Wed, 08 Apr 2015 00:42:54 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=1405 With some spring-like weather finally arriving in Northeastern Pennsylvania over the Easter weekend, my wife and I were finally able to break down our hives and switch the big supers from top to bottom. As I mentioned in the last column, we had wrapped some of our hives in black shrink wrap, some in the […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/spring-into-action/feed/ 0 Spring Management https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/spring-management/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/spring-management/#comments Thu, 26 Feb 2015 07:34:33 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=1103 With warming temperatures, you may find yourself mesmerized enough by the increasing hive activity to be tempted to open the hive. But reconsider. There may be another way to evaluate your hive without opening it sooner than you should.

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