When do I harvest my honey?
This is an important question we receive during this time of the year!
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Honey Bees & Chickens-Friend or Foe?
Chickens can be a friend to the honey bees! If you are considering keeping a few chickens, allowing them to free range or roam around your beehives,
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Why is Goldenrod so important for your bees?
In the South, Goldenrod is basically the last true nectar and pollen source for your bees for the season.
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What is a Honey Bee Swarm?
A “cloud of bees forming a swarm is a spectacular sight.” What happens in a honey bee swarm?
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Today, we were informed that the USPS has changed how they handle bee package shipments.
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Attracting Honey Bees
Honey bees will travel as far as they need to for nectar and pollen. All of us can create an environment that will encourage honey bees to visit, no matter how small the flower garden.
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Your first hive purchase!
The most challenging part of beekeeping, for the beginner, is purchasing your first hive. You wonder, “What do I need and what do I not need”?
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The Beekeeper’s Bucket
When you’re ready to go out in the beeyard to inspect your hives, you choose the tools you think you may need, then toss them in a cardboard box, an old milk crate or in the back of the pick-up truck and off you go, hoping you have not forgotten anything
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