Oct 11
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Basic Beekeeping Equipment
Beekeeping equipment
Our guest author obviously knows about beekeeping equipment!
He discusses all of the basic beekeeper tools needed for backyard honey production.
Beekeeping Tools
Beekeeping requires a few basic beekeeping tools before you can establish a successful hive. You will need them in hand before you receive the phone call from the post office requesting you to come pick up the honeybees. Read the rest of this entry
May 31
Today’s guest article explains how beekeepers prevent bees swarming. But the author also explains why bees swarm, and how it affects the production of honey.
How To Prevent Bees Swarming
The springtime is the time when honeybees reproduce. The natural method of reproduction for honey bees is known as swarming. The springtime swarming period often goes on more or less three weeks. Generally one swarm of honey bees separate and becomes two through the swarming period.
Since swarming usually means a loss of production, beekeepers try to discourage the behavior. A technique that beekeepers use to prevent swarming is to introduce new bees every springtime to replace the bees that they turned out of the hives the previous autumn.
Another method often used by beekeepers to prevent swarming is to create a Read the rest of this entry
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