propolis – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:13:16 +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 propolis – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Honeybee Products Besides Honey https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/honeybee-products-besides-honey-zbwz1802zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/honeybee-products-besides-honey-zbwz1802zsau/#respond Fri, 02 Feb 2018 22:23:35 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3816   Honey is as sensational as it is sweet, but if you thought that honey-making was the only work occupying bees inside that hive, think again. A mind-boggling array of insect activities is creating amazing honeybee products right under our noses. And our noses themselves even benefit, since some of these products can be used to treat […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/honeybee-products-besides-honey-zbwz1802zsau/feed/ 0 Plant Trees for Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/plant-trees-for-bees-zbwz1801zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/plant-trees-for-bees-zbwz1801zsau/#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2018 00:10:59 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3772 When people ask me how they can help bees, I used to say, “Plant a pollinator garden!” I would then rattle off a list of bee-friendly flowers and shrubs to get them started. Then I had an epiphany. A tree provides much more forage than any patch of flowers ever could. It’s so obvious, but […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/plant-trees-for-bees-zbwz1801zsau/feed/ 8 The Beetle Jail Follow-Up: A Review https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-beetle-jail-follow-up-a-review/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-beetle-jail-follow-up-a-review/#comments Sat, 21 Oct 2017 15:59:33 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3659 We recently checked back on our hive after installing the new beetle jails to replace the beetle blasters. As I wrote about earlier, I haven’t been entirely satisfied with the beetle blasters and was looking for alternatives. In the comments to my post, many other beekeepers have shared their own strategies there for trapping small hive […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-beetle-jail-follow-up-a-review/feed/ 2 Propolis in the Hive https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/propolis-hive/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/propolis-hive/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2014 03:33:32 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=351 Propolis is another one of the unique products made by our fuzzy friends. It can be a pain to deal with in the inspection process but it is a necessary component to the beehive.

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/propolis-hive/feed/ 5 The Sustainability of Bee Products https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/sustainability-bee-products/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/sustainability-bee-products/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2014 20:54:56 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com.php53-3.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=284 How can you use propolis? Royal jelly? Pollen? Check out this great post on the sustainability of bee products.

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