Storage & Usage – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:45:07 +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 Storage & Usage – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 How to Clean Beehives https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-clean-beehives-zbwz1902zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-clean-beehives-zbwz1902zsau/#respond Mon, 18 Feb 2019 21:39:42 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4280 In the winter months, just thinking of my beehives bursting with loads of bees and honey puts me in the mood to go through and inspect all my honeybee equipment and replace and renovate. I want to have all my equipment ready to go at a moment’s notice when the spring rush happens. All of […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-clean-beehives-zbwz1902zsau/feed/ 0 Beeswax Sealant Recipe for Wicker Furniture https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/beeswax-sealant-for-wicker-furniture-zbwz1807zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/beeswax-sealant-for-wicker-furniture-zbwz1807zsau/#comments Sun, 22 Jul 2018 16:29:01 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4024 Much of the garden furniture today is made of plastic rather than wood. If you are lucky enough to have a set of old-fashioned wicker or bent willow garden furniture, you can use this Beeswax Sealant Recipe for to keep it in top shape. Yield: 1 12-ounce jar Ingredients 1/2 cup beeswax 1/2 cup grapeseed […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/beeswax-sealant-for-wicker-furniture-zbwz1807zsau/feed/ 5 Nontoxic Beeswax Sealant for Raised Garden Beds https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/nontoxic-beeswax-sealant-for-raised-garden-beds-zbwz1807zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/nontoxic-beeswax-sealant-for-raised-garden-beds-zbwz1807zsau/#comments Fri, 20 Jul 2018 01:01:47 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4022 Preserving the wood used to enclose raised garden beds is a conundrum. Popular wood preservatives contain toxic heavy metals that leach into the soil of a vegetable garden, potentially contaminating the soil and any food growing there. But because garden boxes are exposed to the weather and remain perpetually damp, some kind of preservative is […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/nontoxic-beeswax-sealant-for-raised-garden-beds-zbwz1807zsau/feed/ 4 Harvest Your Honey (Podcast) https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/3635-2/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/3635-2/#respond Wed, 04 Oct 2017 16:21:45 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3635 Download this episode (right click and save) Join beekeepers Becky Tipton, Charlotte Brunin, Robert Riley, and Steve Tipton as they discuss the best way to harvest honey from a Langstroth hive. To hear more podcasts from MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends, click here.

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/3635-2/feed/ 0 The Canning Bee: Why Honey Doesn’t spoil https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-canning-bee-why-honey-doesnt-spoil/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-canning-bee-why-honey-doesnt-spoil/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2016 17:14:26 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2552 Honey is a unique food in that it never spoils. Properly saturated honey should stay safe to eat forever.   In fact, one study found “stored honey from Ancient Egypt to be over 3000 years old and still completely edible”. http://www.compoundchem.com/2014/08/21/chemistryofhoney/   So Why Doesn’t Honey Spoil?   Honey safely stores for long periods of […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-canning-bee-why-honey-doesnt-spoil/feed/ 14 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 How to Label and Sell Your Honey https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-label-and-sell-your-honey/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-label-and-sell-your-honey/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:44:51 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2167 All honey that is going to be sold will require a clear and legible label. The first thing that must go on the label on the front of your packaging is the type of honey. For instance, if your bees forage where they will, you simply label the honey as “Wildflower Honey”. If your bees pollinate a particular crop, such as clover, cranberries or the like, then you can label it as so.

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-label-and-sell-your-honey/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 What to do with Crystallized Honey https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/crystallized-honey/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/crystallized-honey/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:08:25 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=1002 When Good Honey Goes Bad…Not bad, really, just crystallized. If you have ever wondered about that jar of honey in your cabinet, you aren’t alone. I’ve been asked by many people if the jar they bought years ago is still good. Happily, I have good news. It definitely is! Almost all unheated, unfiltered honey crystallizes; […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/crystallized-honey/feed/ 18 Pricing Your Honey https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/pricing-honey/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/pricing-honey/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2014 21:41:50 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com.php53-3.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=507 Honey prices vary greatly, depending on quality, variety, and location, so there really isn’t a clear-cut answer to the question, “What should I charge?”

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