2020 Beekeeping Guide
Eversweet Apiaries in Kearneysville, WV has just published their 2020 Beekeeping Guide. This guide includes a yearly calendar management calendar that is particularly relevant for beekeepers in the tri-state area. It also includes guidance for hive inspections. Click here to download the guide.
Eversweet Apiaries in Kearneysville, WV has just published their 2020 Beekeeping Guide. This guide includes a yearly calendar management calendar that is particularly relevant for beekeepers in the tri-state area. It also includes guidance for hive inspections. Click here to download the guide.
Best Management Practices for Bee Health
A guide that pulls together best management practices from many sources into one document written by the Honey Bee Health Coalition. Click here to download the guide.
A guide that pulls together best management practices from many sources into one document written by the Honey Bee Health Coalition. Click here to download the guide.
Scientific Beekeeping
Randy Oliver at ScientificBeekeeping.com has written his "Beginner's Pages," including a section on First Year Beekeeping and Beginners Resources. Beginning and experienced beekeepers will find his site a valuable resource. Click here for the Beginner's Pages.
Randy Oliver at ScientificBeekeeping.com has written his "Beginner's Pages," including a section on First Year Beekeeping and Beginners Resources. Beginning and experienced beekeepers will find his site a valuable resource. Click here for the Beginner's Pages.
Honey Bee Suite
Master beekeeper Rusty Burlew has developed a great resource for beekeepers, known as Honey Bee Suite. This resource emphasizes the science of bees and is filled with all sorts of advice, practical tips, and answers to beekeeper’s questions about the how, why and when of beekeeping. There is also lots of good information on pollination, other pollinators, and bee habitat.
Master beekeeper Rusty Burlew has developed a great resource for beekeepers, known as Honey Bee Suite. This resource emphasizes the science of bees and is filled with all sorts of advice, practical tips, and answers to beekeeper’s questions about the how, why and when of beekeeping. There is also lots of good information on pollination, other pollinators, and bee habitat.
Installing a Nuc
Click here for a guide from Honey Hole Apiary on installing a nuc.
Click here for a youtube video on installing a nuc.
Click here for a guide from Honey Hole Apiary on installing a nuc.
Click here for a youtube video on installing a nuc.
Why Did Your Over-wintered Bees Die?
No one likes a dead out in the spring. But understanding why the colony died can be a learning experience. Here are some resources for analyzing why your colony might have died:
from the Bee Informed Partnership, emphasizing areas with a northern climate
https://beeinformed.org/2016/03/08/why-did-my-honey-bees-die/
from Kelley Beekeeping, looking at the results of mite infestation and other causes
https://www.kelleybees.com/blog/kelley-beekeeping/why-did-my-bees-die/
from Honey Bee Suite, pointing out the role of an unhealthy queen
https://www.honeybeesuite.com/why-did-they-die/
from the Keep Bees Alive program at Michigan Pollinator Initiative:
Why Did my Honey Bees Die? video and article
No one likes a dead out in the spring. But understanding why the colony died can be a learning experience. Here are some resources for analyzing why your colony might have died:
from the Bee Informed Partnership, emphasizing areas with a northern climate
https://beeinformed.org/2016/03/08/why-did-my-honey-bees-die/
from Kelley Beekeeping, looking at the results of mite infestation and other causes
https://www.kelleybees.com/blog/kelley-beekeeping/why-did-my-bees-die/
from Honey Bee Suite, pointing out the role of an unhealthy queen
https://www.honeybeesuite.com/why-did-they-die/
from the Keep Bees Alive program at Michigan Pollinator Initiative:
Why Did my Honey Bees Die? video and article