I love beeswax lip balm! For me, the following recipe is the perfect texture, and I love how it lingers […]
How to Make Chili Powder from the Homestead Garden
This warm spice mix will add a flavorful punch to your kitchen.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Featured Queen Bee: Queen Windy
The queen featured is a daughter of Queen Windy, a Cordovan Italian. On the way back from California package pickup, […]
Featured Queen Bee: Junie Bee
Junie Bee is a 3-year old New World Carniolan. We purchased her from Strachan Apiaries, which is part of Sue Coby’s […]
Sourdough Bread
A few months ago, Martha Levie from Abigail’s Oven demonstrated how to make sourdough bread at a workshop here at our […]
Bean Museum Kids
Today we had the opportunity to host the BYU Bean Museum kids field trip. Including our family, there were 15 […]
Pysanky
I have been meaning to write a blog post about Pysanky for years! This post is quite out of season, but […]
What You Need To Know About Nuc Pickups
We want to set you up for success. Before taking the nuc home, we want you to see inside the […]
Nuc Transfer Instructions
This post is geared to those who will be picking up nucs and want to read up ahead of time. […]
All About Bees for Kids
In January, we hosted a unit study about honeybees at our home. It was really fun! There were about 50 […]
Sales Tax and Bees
Yesterday we talked to the Utah Tax Commission and asked about sales tax for honeybees and equipment. It turns out […]
Wing Veination of Bees, Wasps, and Fly
Lately, we’ve been looking at wing veination, or the shape of the veins on the wings, of bees, wasps, and […]
Honeybee Wax Scales
To make wax, honeybee workers consume nectar or honey and digest the sugars. The sugars recombine to make the complex […]
Honeybee Photography Contest via Facebook
Here are the beautiful entries for our honeybee photography contest. WOW! There are so many beautiful entries! The photo credit […]