Many new beekeepers make mistakes and like with any skill, sometimes you make some bad mistakes which cause things to fail. In this post I share my beekeeping mistakes so you can learn from them and hopefully avoid making the same ones. … [Read more...] about Beekeeping Mistakes
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Free Bees! How to Build Swarm Traps and Bait Hives Really Cheap
Spring is just around the corner even if there is several inches of snow on the ground! February is a great time to start building swarm traps and setting bait hives ready for swarm season to catch a free swarm. I built this 3 frame bait hive using reclaimed wood … [Read more...] about Free Bees! How to Build Swarm Traps and Bait Hives Really Cheap
My Hive Is Probably Dead
My beehive is probably dead. We hear no gentle humming when we put an ear up to the hive and the bodies of dead bees outside the door is piling up to alarming proportions. I think I made a heap of novice beekeeping mistakes and those rookie errors killed my hive but I … [Read more...] about My Hive Is Probably Dead
