Starting Your Beehive

Beekeepers should be sure they know what signs indicate it's time to feed a honeybee colony, especially newbies starting their first season.

Before setting up your beehives out in the bee yard, there are a few important considerations to keep in mind.

Candy boards are a preferred method of providing supplemental food for bees, especially in the winter months.

The timeline you'll officially start your beekeeping hobby depends on a few factors, read more inside to help ensure a successful start! 

A nucleus colony, packaged bees, catching a swarm; learn what your options are and what will work best for your season as a beekeeper.

Now that you’ve learned more about “When to Feed” and “What to Feed” your honeybees through our other PerfectBee Snippets, it’s time to prepare to...

Let's discuss the ash content in sugar and what it means for feeding your bees.

In our recent Snippet “When to Feed Honeybee Colonies”, we discussed the importance of knowing when it may be time to assist your colonies by...

In a perfect beekeeping world, our bees would consistently find what they need in the environment around them at any time of the year! Unfortunately,...

One of the most exciting steps for any beekeeper is installing a new honeybee colony into their beehive. It can, though, be a worrying time as...

New beekeepers starting their beehives this spring are quite rightly focused on their equipment and having it ready for the day they bring their new...

With a single hive, we lose many options as beekeepersOne question all beginner beekeepers face is just how many hives they should install when starting...

Learn how to mark your queen bee effectively to ensure a healthy hive. Discover tips and techniques for getting the job done.

Bees in the wild make good use of whatever entrances to a space they can find. In the managed environment of our own beehives, however,...

Once you have a hive, you may be tempted simply to set where it's the most convenient for you and your property, but there are...

IntroductionWith the hive set to go and all appropriate gear purchased and waiting, it’s now time to buy bees and install them in the hive....

You’ve decided to take the leap and become an Urban Beekeeper. I applaud you. It will take a little more time and dedication than you...

When to Start a Beehive So you’re ready to start your first hive! Congratulations! There’s a world of wonder awaiting you! And also a decent...

Not as difficult as you might imagineEstablishing a beehive is not as easy as capturing a few bees buzzing around your flower garden and expecting...

The activity of bees and their lives are strongly influenced by the changing seasons. Each month brings about new changes in behavior to a beehive...

Stage 2 of the course, *Your Beehive*, covered beekeeping essentials: types of beehives (Langstroth, Warre, Top Bar, and Flow Hive), necessary equipment and protective clothing,...

Walk through the first fourteen days of beekeeping along with us.

A handy checklist for a new beekeeper to keep track of preparation, setup, and the maintenance of their bee yard.

Moving a hive full of bees, comb, and honey is not an easy task and should not be undertaken lightly. In addition to the weight...

Sarah chose her hive, she decided where to locate it. Now it's time to obtain her bees. A package of bees or a swarm?

Sarah considers her beehive location - grade, environmental protections, flight directions and permanence.