Featured – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:23:59 +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 Featured – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Hive Inspections During Dearth + Video Tutorial https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/hive-inspections-during-dearth/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/hive-inspections-during-dearth/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:23:26 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=2713 (scroll down for video) Summer time seems like such a great time of year, but if you are a honey bee you favorite time of the year is really in the spring time. Why? Because there is more forage than all the honey bees in the area can possibly collect. In fact it is such […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/hive-inspections-during-dearth/feed/ 13 Establishing a Successful Bee Garden https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/establishing-a-successful-bee-garden-zbwz1803zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/establishing-a-successful-bee-garden-zbwz1803zsau/#respond Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:23:17 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3844 The following is an excerpt from Keeping Bees and Making Honey by Alison Benjamin and Brian McCallum (F&W Media, 2008). This spectacular book offers an in-depth profile of nature’s most effective pollinator and covers all aspects of modern beekeeping, including where and when to get your bees, different types of hives, how to harvest and […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/establishing-a-successful-bee-garden-zbwz1803zsau/feed/ 0 Top 7 Reasons for Cranky Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/top-7-reasons-for-cranky-bees/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/top-7-reasons-for-cranky-bees/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:22:03 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com/?p=1606 Cranky Bees. They are one of the worst nightmares of a beekeeper. Cranky bees are not enjoyable to keep. They have aggressive tendencies and are overprotective of the hive. Often when you have cranky bees, you will be unable to get near the hive or you will get stung. Sometimes these bees chase you for just […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/top-7-reasons-for-cranky-bees/feed/ 19 What Are Bearding Bees? https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/what-are-bearding-bees-zbwz1806zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/what-are-bearding-bees-zbwz1806zsau/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:21:02 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3984 Congregating bees on the front of the hive is called bearding and new beekeepers often panic at the sight. Bees can mound themselves up in layers or form a single layer on a large area of the front of the hive in a reaction to conditions within the hive. Methods that new beekeepers often try include […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/what-are-bearding-bees-zbwz1806zsau/feed/ 3 How to Trap Bee Swarms https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-trap-bee-swarms-zbwz1906zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-trap-bee-swarms-zbwz1906zsau/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2020 10:09:38 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4391 Bees are expensive and you don't want to lose the swarms that come off your hives and hopefully catch others to increase your population. For an investment of about $25 in materials with scrap wood, paint, flashing, and lemon grass oil, I ended up with three additional hives with very little effort.

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/how-to-trap-bee-swarms-zbwz1906zsau/feed/ 3 Protect Your Bees from Hot Weather https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/protect-your-bees-in-hot-weather-zbwz1807zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/protect-your-bees-in-hot-weather-zbwz1807zsau/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2020 20:31:29 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4010 When temperatures rise to extremely high levels, your bees may be at risk. The world is suffering from higher than normal temperatures as the climate crisis rages on, but some beekeepers are also suffering colony losses. Most of the time, bees are best able to control the temperature inside the hive themselves, but when thermostats […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/protect-your-bees-in-hot-weather-zbwz1807zsau/feed/ 6 Spring Beekeeping: What Are Your Bees Up To? https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/spring-beekeeping-what-are-your-bees-up-to-zbwz2003zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/spring-beekeeping-what-are-your-bees-up-to-zbwz2003zsau/#comments Mon, 30 Mar 2020 21:03:29 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=5110 Spring has sprung! March 19th marked the official beginning of the warmer seasons, and, for beekeepers, that means we’re back in business. There’s not a whole lot of beekeeping to do during the winter months. Before we get the jump on spring beekeeping, it’s important to know what the bees are going to be doing […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/spring-beekeeping-what-are-your-bees-up-to-zbwz2003zsau/feed/ 1 Identifying Different Types of Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/identifying-different-types-of-bees-zbwz2003zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/identifying-different-types-of-bees-zbwz2003zsau/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:41:18 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=5173 With over 4,000 species of native bees in North America, many people understandably have trouble identifying one from the other. What’s more, curious naturalists often mistake other types of pollinators for bees. It’s easy to confuse a fly or a wasp with a bee because they all share similar coloring and markings. So, how can […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/identifying-different-types-of-bees-zbwz2003zsau/feed/ 0 Andrena: The Mining Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/andrena-the-mining-bees-zbwz2003zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/andrena-the-mining-bees-zbwz2003zsau/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2020 16:45:36 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=5172 Honeybees get all the press, but the fascinating story of North America’s native bees — endangered species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies — is just as crucial. Through interviews with farmers, gardeners, scientists, and bee experts, Our Native Bees (Timber Press), by Paige Embry, explores the importance of native bees and focuses on why […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/andrena-the-mining-bees-zbwz2003zsau/feed/ 0 Bee-Friendly Plants: Catnip https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/bee-friendly-plants-catnip-zbwz2003zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/bee-friendly-plants-catnip-zbwz2003zsau/#respond Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:00:58 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=5169 The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that support bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: pick the […]

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