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Category Archives: Beekeeping
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What you need to know about nuc pickups
Getting ready to pick up a nucleus colony? Here are some things you need to know about picking up your […]
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 […]
Installing a Package in the Barn Hive
Here’s our latest video on installing packages–IN THE BARN HIVE! Enjoy! The method is the same in other equipment too.
Bee-Quick
While searching about beelining boxes, we came across this article. Did you ever wonder if there are any SPORTS related […]
Beelining
Stan has been tinkering with his Beelining box again today. It’s pretty cool. For those who don’t know, Beelining is […]
Moving Bees at the turn of the Century
We’ve been studying C.C. Miller’s book Fifty Years Among the Bees and came across some photos of how people moved bees […]
Queens from MPCAP Program
Our queen and package supplier is part of the Managed Pollinator CAP program, which tests for hygienic bee behavior. We […]
The case for a ‘local first’ mentality
The case for a ‘local first’ mentality. The article below was copied and pasted from KSL.com. Here is the URL […]
Should I get a 2- or 3-pound package?
First of all, if you are a brand new beekeeper, please consider purchasing a nuc. See Lesson 1: Nucs and […]
What’s happening to our honey bees?
This article is from my days working for USU Extension. Thought it was appropriate to share here. What’s happening to […]
Why we use deep boxes exclusively
We only use and sell deep boxes. This is a management preference. All beekeepers do things a bit differently and […]