Evaluating Dead Colonies
By : Ross Conrad It’s March in the Northeast and for beekeepers that all too often means finding dead colonies in the beeyard. Winter losses…
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The Story of A.I. Root – Beginning Bees
By : A. I. Root I have always been an enthusiastic admirer of old Dame Nature’s mysterious ways and workings. In August, 1865, a swarm…
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New Beekeeping Developments in the past 100 years
By : Peter Borst I know I will hear from some of you on this, but before you take pen in hand, give it a…
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Making Splits
By: David MacFawn Here’s how and when in the SE U.S. Splitting a colony is one way to control swarming. It is also a…
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Why We Produce Nucs And How We Do It – Whether for pleasure or profit, any beekeeper can benefit from producing nucs.
By: Bob Binnie Successful beekeeping in any form is fifty percent science and fifty percent art. In other words, fifty percent science and fifty…
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Spring Feeding
By: Ross Conrad This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years The end of Winter and early…
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By: Ann Harman This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Let’s Face It – We Can…
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New Beekeepers: Be Prepared Before You Ask For Help
By: Frank Mortimer This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Beekeeping is a hobby that requires…
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Getting Started. What You Need and Need to Know.
By: Kim Flottum This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years This is a crash course in…
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Bee Yard
By: Daniel Thurston This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years It’s All About location, Location, Location…
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Get Your Bait Hive Ready!
By: Morris Ostrofsky This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Recently I was corresponding with a…
Read MoreHoney Pots
By: Robert Weast This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Honey Containers Can Both Preserve or…
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The Low Down on the Long Hive
By: Tony Seitz This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years I chose Long Langstroth type hive…
Read MoreMay & June in the Beeyard
This article was reprinted with permission from The Ontario Bee Journal, May/June 2014 and appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First…
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American Foulbrood
By: Jay Heselschwerdt This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years America Foulbrood (AFB) is not from…
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Years 2 & 3 Hive Tasks
By: Ann Harman This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years • Spring Cleaning – top to…
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A Son’s Memories of A. I. Root
By: Ernest R. Root, 1923 This article appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years A Son’s Memories – Suggested…
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Equipment: Choosing the Right Size is Important
By: David McFawn This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Choosing your equipment size is the…
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Hypothetical Honey
By: Stephen Bishop This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years At the only stoplight in Polkville,…
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Swarm Box
By: Frank Mortimer This article originally appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of BEEKeeping Your First Three Years Swarm, Swarm Everywhere a Swarm Last…
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