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Harvest & Advanced Skills

Honey extraction

What is a Nuc? Wax vs. Plastic Foundation – Part 3

The foundation is VERY important to the hobby and commercial beekeepers. First, I will say neither way is better but this blog will allow you insight to what happens from the start of a nuc.

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Crystal honey

Purchasing a Nuc? Frames & Foundation – Part 2

Why raw honey turns solid and how to safely liquefy it without losing medicinal properties.

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Hive split

How to Split a Colony

This important discussion is very important to the beginning beekeeper! This will be our subject all this week.

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Carniolan Honey Bee Temperament

Here is the short story on how I started raising Carniolan bees. I ordered about 50 Italian queens and was accidently shipped 50 Carniolan queens..

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Italian Honey Bee Temperament

I have been asked what is the temperament of an Italian honey bee? The Italian honey bee is, by far, the most common honey bee used by beekeepers.

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Logistics

Winter

Cold weather has now hit most of the east coast and the entrance reducers should be to their smallest opening. This will help your colony

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Queen rearing

Welcome to Nigelbeesco.com

We are happy that you found our new website. We look to keep relevant information on this page to help our beekeepers. Our blog will

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USPS Liability Letter – April 15, 2021

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