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Do I need to feed my bees?
It depends... Bees collect nectar and pollen as food, and use their honey stores as a food supply when nectar and pollen are not available. If you obtain your bees after the flowers have begun bHow do I install bees into the Top Bar Hive?
The first step is to prepare your hive. Before you install your bees, place the false back near the middle of the hive. This will encourage the bees to establish their brood nest in the front ofCan I harvest honey from a birdhouse that bees have made into a beehive?
Q. Help, I have a big, about 12 by 12 bird house, that bees have made their hive in. It's full, how do I get the honey? and save the bees and me? A. Harvesting from the birdhouse would be veryCan I start two hives at once?
Q. Can I install 2 hives at the same time? Meaning.....one first followed by the second hive or do I wait a while before the second installation? A. If the hives are thirty feet away or mHow much setup is required?
A. The best thing about the top bar hive is that it is absolutely the easiest bee hive to set up and manage. This is what makes it perfect for the first time back yard hobby bee keeper. ThHow do I obtain bees to put into my Backyard Hive?
Bees are not included with your purchase of a BackYard hive. There are four ways to get bees: you can buy a nucleus (a “nuc”), you can buy a package of bees, or you can get on a swarm list a
