...d south. It is a good idea that the hive gets some shade in the afternoon in
the summer and plenty of sun in the winter months, especially if you live in
cold climate. An ideal location is something...
...ss the road. One of my favorite bee keeping joys is seeking out mono-flora areas. I drive and look for sunflower fields, different flowers down by a lake or fields with wild flowers. I will then put a...
...entating the panels inward to minimize warping. The
holes in the hive are all pre-drilled and counter sunk to limit splitting. Not
painting the hive is based on the holistic approach to bee keeping....
...for the bees to all collect inside the box with their queen. The best time
to get a swarm is close to sunset as during the day there are many scout bees
out looking for the colony’s new home and als...
... heat-storing properties as thermal mass. During the day, the honey
absorbs warmth from the radiating sun, stores it, and slowly releases that
warmth back into the hive throughout the coolness of th...