Image by Salim Virji Beekeeping in Alphabet City Question by shareefa9876: Getting started in beekeeping? What are all the supplies I need to get started in beekeeping? I keep seeing these starter kits for sale, but they don’t provide you with any way to extract the honry, right? So what do I need to do […]
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Image by Salim Virji Beekeeping in Alphabet City Question by awesomeness: Allergic to bees- family member wants to start beekeeping? What if you are allergic to bees but a family member wants to start beekeeping and the person who is allergic has a fear of bees? Can you help? Leave your own answer in the […]
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Image by niallkennedy Beehives next to the French Laundry gardens. Question by Angel: How can I identify which beehive I have? I have a beehive in the backyard on a tree. Which you can’t really see because it’s completely covered in bees. Is there a way to know which bee it is by this action? […]
Continue reading …Can anyone help me with the steps or procedure on how a beehive box is made?
October 1, 2011 4 Comments
Image by net_efekt Beehives: In Ure e Shtrentje, near Shkodra, Albania, Oxfam GB successfully launched a bee-keeping and honey-making cooperative, which has significantly improved people’s lives. However, a few years ago, the waters of the river were so high that the old bridge was washed away… Read the whole story at: albaniabridge.co.uk Question by thelak89: […]
Continue reading …How much honey should one hope to make in their first year of beekeeping?
September 30, 2011 2 Comments
Image by net_efekt A bit more beekeeping training before Siobahn heads of for hols and leaves me in charge for the summer… Argh! Question by Bobuil: How much honey should one hope to make in their first year of beekeeping? I know that in the first year of beekeeping the bees don’t make all that […]
Continue reading …I want to raise bees and produce honey and stuff in the Philippines, is that possible?
September 28, 2011 3 Comments
Image by AndrewVDill According to Wikipedia: New honeybee colonies are formed when queen bees leave the colony with a large group of worker bees, a process called swarming. The first or prime swarm generally goes with the old queen. As soon as the swarm is established as a new colony, the bees raise a new […]
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Image by oceandesetoiles My Lady Friend and I went to Uncommon Ground’s Friday market. As we weaved through the raised beds on the roof, I was amazed to see this beekeeper working with some of the insects that are housed away from the plants. Question by t5: How do wood bees meet ,mate,nest and raise […]
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Image by thepicturedrome Beehives near Macclesfield Cheshire Question by JM M: What is the origin of the classic beehive design? What’s the origin of the stereotypical “coiled muddy rope” beehive in drawings and cartoons? What do you think? Answer below!
Continue reading …I am currently writing an ebook on beekeeping and I would like to know what your most pressing questions are?
August 23, 2011 3 Comments
Image by net_efekt A bit more beekeeping training before Siobahn heads of for hols and leaves me in charge for the summer… Argh! Question by Scott: I am currently writing an ebook on beekeeping and I would like to know what your most pressing questions are? I am currently in the process of creating an […]
Continue reading …we are living in mexico and found a swarm of bees that made thuer home in a drum?
August 18, 2011 1 Comment
Image by net_efekt A beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the genus live and raise their young. Natural beehives (typically referred to simply as "nests") are naturally occurring structures occupied by honey bee colonies, while domesticated honey bees live in man-made beehives, often in an apiary. These man-made structures […]
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