Hive Top Feeder: Capacity Without Drowning Bees
The first time you skim a layer of drowned bees off the top of a feeder, you stop thinking of …
Hive Tool Guide: J Hook, Standard or Frame Lifter
Bees glue their hive together. Propolis, the sticky resin they collect and pack into every gap, cements frames to rests, …
What Beekeeping Costs to Start and to Keep Going
The cost question gets asked constantly and answered badly, usually with a single number that turns out to describe someone …
When to Harvest Honey: Reading Capped Frames
Harvesting too early is the mistake nobody warns first year beekeepers about, because everything about a heavy super says the …
Langstroth Hive Explained Box by Box
Open any beekeeping catalog and you are looking at a wall of rectangular boxes with slightly different depths, frame counts …
Kids Bee Suit: Sizing a Child Into the Apiary
A child who wants to help at the hives is the best possible reason to buy a second suit, and …
Frame Feeder: In Hive Syrup Without Robbing
Feeding a colony in August is a decision with consequences for the whole yard. Put syrup anywhere a robbing bee …
Hive Inspection Checklist for a Ten Minute Look
New beekeepers inspect for too long and look at too much. It is understandable: the hive is fascinating, every frame …
Beginner Beekeeping Mistakes That Kill First Colonies
First year colonies do not usually die from exotic problems. They die from a short list of ordinary omissions, repeated …
VEVOR Honey Extractor: Where the Budget Drum Holds Up
VEVOR is the name that turns up first when a backyard beekeeper searches for an extractor and then flinches at …
How a Flow Hive Actually Works
The video everyone has seen shows a hand turning a key and honey running down a tube into a jar, …
Beekeeping Gloves That Let You Feel the Frame
The gloves that come bundled with a starter kit are usually the first thing a new beekeeper replaces. They are …