A forum community dedicated to beekeeping, bee owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about breeding, honey production, health, behavior, hives, housing, adopting, care, …

May 4, 2025 · A forum community dedicated to beekeeping, bee owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about breeding, honey production, health, behavior, hives, housing, …

Jul 31, 2025 · The core idea behind the Primal Bee hive is thermal efficiency. Most standard hives, even insulated ones, lose a huge amount of heat through poor design and box …

Jul 25, 2025 · The very small cost of federal bee research is so tiny that we have, several times, had to actually go down to DC and buttonhole congresscritters to ask them to add a few million …

Dec 27, 2024 · Great presentation from Mr. Steve Riley from this year's National Honey Show just dropped. He and Dr. Stephen Martin host and maintain varroaresistant.uk and work closely …

Mar 11, 2019 · Hey all we used Michael Palmers sub this last year. We add some lemongrass to encourage quicker uptake on the sub. It worked great either way. My wife made a video of …

Oct 27, 2009 · A long time beekeeper in our bee club says he puts salt on the landing board for his bees. I have noticed especially this summer while working in my truckpatch the bees …

Mar 9, 2021 · Solid, bee-tight hive equipment is necessary because any secondary openings will be eagerly sought by bees to avoid passing through the pollen trap grid. Two pollen trap …

Apr 20, 2025 · So I suffer from chronic Lyme disease and I'm permanently disabled. There's a story that goes a lady that was sick for 15 years later found out she had Lyme disease. She …

Feb 5, 2023 · Heading into my 4th year of beekeeping and thinking about trying to make and sell beeswax candles this year. Right now I just make beeswax chapsticks and sell any extra wax I …