Today we’ll continue to explore the world of testy and cranky bees. In our previous posts, we’ve covered nine external causes for cranky bees. Today we’re going to look at four reasons that are a little closer to home ......
Over the past few weeks, we’ve looked at the robbing activities of bees — what it is, what it looks like and how to stop a robbery that’s in progress. Since preventing a robbery is much easier than stopping one,...
Honeybees build comb for several reasons — to raise their young, to create honey and to store food supplies for winter consumption. Ideally, they’ll form comb within the frames that their beekeeper provides, but sometimes this just isn’t the case. In...
In our last two blog posts, we looked at some tips and tricks — the DO’s — that will help your hive inspections go a little smoother. Today we’re going to look at some of the DO NOT’s associated with...
