Hive Bearding – Video
Why is it so important for your hive to beard on warm Spring and Summer days? Watch this video for the many forms of bearding.
What is a Honey Bee Swarm?
A “cloud of bees forming a swarm is a spectacular sight.” What happens in a honey bee swarm? When a colony grows to a certain size, new queens are reared in special large peanut-shaped queen cells and fed “royal jelly” (an enriched diet of brood food). Shortly before a new queen emerges, the old queen […]