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How to Make Onion Soup Mix from the Homestead Garden
One of my favorite ways to use herbs from our homestead garden is by making spice mixes. I love to […]
How to build your own bee box, an easy woodworking tutorial
From The Honey Company Workshop, watch Stan Moulton as he builds a deep hive body or super box for his […]
Attract Honeybees with this Expert Garden Plan
We are very excited to share this bee-friendly garden design that Margot from Quiet Poppy Designs created for us! You […]
Packages and Nucs: Which are better?
Every year in late winter, we make management decisions about selling bees in the spring. We decide between selling splits […]
Four Essential Questions for Hive Inspections
As beekeepers inspect their hives this summer, every 7-10 days, here are some essential questions to ask every time they […]
Adapting for the Flow Hive
We have been getting question about the Flow Hive for some time now, and I wanted to share my opinion/ […]
Will My Package Freeze in The Snow?
This is a photo of our yard this morning, Tuesday. Package pickups were Saturday. Beekeepers are all concerned about managing […]
Managing Packages in Cold Weather
Managing Packages in Cold Weather The Honey Company Saturday is forecasted to be sunny, but we’ve seen some heavy […]
Recycled Building Materials
Question: Due to wholesalers having large minimum orders, I’m struggling to find a cheap source of timber. I’m considering driving […]
Screened Bottom Board Opinion
Above photo credit to Val Wright Q: I purchased a screened bottom board last year to help with a mite […]
Introducing a Queen to a Colony With a Laying Worker using a Push-In Cage
We often have questions about colonies with laying workers, especially about requeening them. Often, beekeepers end up wasting the queen […]
Queenless problems?
What a great spring! This year we brought in 770 packages of bees and are excited to see your beekeeping […]
Tips on Using a Smoker
As beekeepers, we often carry around a hot canister of live coals, otherwise known as a bee smoker. We use […]
Queenless Hive
We have received multiple questions about queenless hives lately. When this happens, we usually need to know the following. These […]
Why go foundationless?
Photo credit for the above photo goes to Valerie Wright! Thanks for sharing this with us! Over the past 5 […]
Plum Bloom on Beeswax
We received a great question and beautiful photos from Rachelle (below) and Valerie (above). The comb in Rachelle’s hive has dark wax […]
My hive died this winter. What happened?
Lately we have been receiving several questions about dead hives. If your hive did not make it, we are sad. It […]
Tylan Measurements for Honeybees
We have had many questions over the years about medicating bees, most recently today. In the spirit of helpfulness, we’d […]
Up-Cycled Bee Box End Tables
We are super excited about these little beauties! These up-cycled, one-of-a-kind bee boxes make beautiful furniture! They are fitted to […]