Beekeeping Basics

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Are you a newbee or thinking of becoming a beekeeper? We have a ton of resources available and a new online beekeeping course to help you get start...

  What causes a beehive to swarm? Like almost all fauna and flora, honeybees have an urge to reproduce. If beekeepers don’t notice the signs and r...

In most places, there won’t be any flowers available for bees to forage on during winter.  So it’s very important to prepare your hive for the wint...

Learning about bees is one of the most important (and fun!) parts of becoming a beekeeper.Here’s some incredible facts about the different roles th...

We’re big believers in keeping more than one hive. There’s no need to begin with a lot of hives, but as your beekeeping knowledge and passion grow...

So you’ve done a hive split, and now you need a queen— Once you have split your hive, you have the option to: Take the old queen with you to the n...

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....