Why Are My Top-Bar Combs Crooked
By Wyatt Mangum Top-bar hive beekeepers need straight interchangeable combs in all hives, so they can manage colonies efficiently. For example in routine colony…
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New For The Fall
Starting Nov 1st 2018 – The Perfect-Bee-Through-The-Winter Course Over the past three years, PerfectBee has introduced around 25,000 people to the joys of beekeeping…
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BUILD A MIGRATORY TOP COVER
By: Ed Simon You have been keeping bees for several years and really enjoy the hobby. You have built you honey customers up to a…
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OBSERVATION HIVES
By: Frank Linton You Should Have Some. You’ll Be A Better Beekeeper When You Do. It is an unpalatable fact: Beekeeping is a knowledge-intensive activity….
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build a winter feeder
By: Ed Simon Although not a standard section of a hive, Winter feeders can be a significant boon to your hive. By creating a…
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New For The Beekeeper- Product Reviews
Bee a Hero: Save Pollinating Plants From Deer Damage Next time you bite into an apple, or sip a cup of coffee, thank a…
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Product Reviews
Look What’s New- REPELANT™. Problem: Ant infestation of your beehive. Tired and aggravated with refilling water/oil moats or using sticky substances to try to…
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New For The Beekeeper-
Bee Magical Jewelry. I hand-make little bumblebee wish bracelets and sell them to raise awareness for saving the bees! All my…
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Product Reviews
Look What’s New – Beecabulary Essentials. By Andrew Connor, with a foreword by Dewey Caron. ISBN 978-1-878075-50-5. Published by WicWas Press. 9.5” x 8.5”,…
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BEES IN TREES
By: Dewey Caron Beekeeping is one of the oldest forms of food production dating as far back as 13,000 BC. Human cultures were initially…
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New For The 2018 Season
Mule-Grip. Of the several styles of frame grips sold today or developed through the years they all offer the same scissor action to hold…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Just So You Know, The Flow Hive Has Been Redesigned.
The Flow Hive is a groundbreaking beehive that offers honey on tap. Over 50,000 Flow Hives have gone out to 130 countries around the…
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The ULTIMATE Swarm Box
By: Frank Mortimer Swarm, swarm everywhere a swarm; Flyin’ outta my hives, breakin’ my mind; Do this, don’t do that, can’t you stop the…
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Taming Killer Bees
W. S. Robinson Three separate times during this adventure in the mountains of Tabasco I think well, that’s that. We’re not going to get…
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New For This Spring
bees-at-law. By Noel Sweeney. Published by Alibi, Veritas Chambers. ISBN 978-1-872724-04-1. Available from the author or Northern Bee Books, for $50.00. 6” x 8.25”,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – When It’s Dry By The Hives Handle Your Smoker With Care. Fires Happen
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – Fire investigators say a beekeeper using a smoker sparked a grass fire near I-25 and W. Fontanero Street Friday…
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Texas Honey Show
Big State, Big Show By: Ann Harman Texas is the largest state of the “lower 48.” Alaska is, of course, the largest of all…
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MOVING BEES
By: Jennifer Berry When You Have To, Be Prepared. This past October, (and for several years now), it has been unseasonably warm with occasionally…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – The Ancient Art Of Honey Hunting Based On Keeping Bees In Artificially-Made Caverns Placed High In The Trees.
Belarus, Poland preparing file on forest beekeeping for UNESCO Heritage List Belarusian and Polish experts are preparing a file on forest beekeeping for the…
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Langstroth & Slovenian a hybrid hive
By: Allen Schwartz The Best Of A Langstroth and A Slovenian Hive Means No Lifting! An article titled “No Lifting” in the June edition…
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