Beekeeping Basics

Beekeeping is a fantastic hobby, but it is a labor of love and not necessarily for everyone. Happily, there are things that everybody can do to hel...

There is nothing worse than discovering your bees have been poisoned. The entrance, once a busy runway for arriving and departing foragers, now sil...

Although harvesting with a Flow Hive drastically reduces the amount of labour in harvesting honey compared to traditional methods – most other aspe...

When moving a beehive there are a few things you need to remember, be it a short distance across the garden, or a longer journey to a new location....

In the height of summer, when temperatures are soaring, it's important to remember that bees (and all wildlife) need access to safe drinking water....

Why foundationless is fabulous If you are a new beekeeper, you might not have realised how wonderfully subversive it was to receive your Flow Hive ...

Brood inspections are an incredibly important part of looking after your bees – if not the most important part! Read on for how to conduct a brood...

Catching a swarm of bees is one of the most joyous parts of beekeeping and it is an easy and free way to bolster your apiary! Read on to find out h...

A pollinator house is a home for solitary-nesting bees. Did you know that different species of bees have different nesting behaviours? Some bees li...

Spring is the perfect time to get started with a new colony. “Splitting” is a cost-effective way of establishing a new hive and one of the best gif...

Every beekeeper needs to replace the queen in their hive at some point. This process is called ‘requeening’. There are many different reasons to re...

A queenless hive is a sad story indeed, and one that’s not uncommon for new beekeepers. It can be difficult to diagnose as the effects of queenless...