And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the HONEY out of the carcase of the lion.- Judges 14:9
Posted in Beekeeping on Apr 1st, 2010 No Comments »
A few years ago, I read a statistic that said the average age of a beekeeper was 60. I must say I wasn’t at all surprised, yet I fully understood the consequence of such a statistic. I know CCD is not good for the bees, but could it be the savior of beekeeping? Because of [...]
Posted in Beekeeping, How-To on Dec 20th, 2009 5 Comments »
I just finished building 20 double 5 frame nucs that can be disassembled for storage and/or transporting. I used polystyrene deeps as they can be knocked down and reassembled in about 1 minute. I built a simple bottom board out of 1/2″ plywood with 3 inch entrances on opposite sides.
Posted in Beekeeping, Podcasts on Dec 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
December’s Wildlife Pro Network Beekeeping podcast will be a discussion on Making Products from the Hive with our special guest Monica Warner. Monica Warner is the co-owner of The Carolina Bee Company. She and her husband, Todd have been keeping bees since May of 2004. They are a small beekeeping operation located in Franklin County, [...]
Posted in Beekeeping, Podcasts on Sep 21st, 2009 No Comments »
I have recently teamed up with Robb Russell from the Wildlife Pro Network to coordinate and co-host the WpN monthly beekeeping podcast. The podcast is on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 8PM EST. You can check out the upcoming podcasts and listen to the recorded podcasts here. I’m always open for suggested topics [...]
Posted in Beekeeping on Apr 26th, 2009 5 Comments »
It’s springtime and a lot of folks are eager to expand their apiary by doing splits. Splits are very popular since they are “almost free”. Problem is, a good portion of those doing splits use the “walk away” method because it’s easy and cheap without thinking it through. Bees will rear queens in three different [...]
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