One of the really critical things a beekeeper will need to do in the spring centers around feeding your bees.
Author: The Bumbling Beekeeper
More About Installing Packages – Dead Queen or Drifting/Absconding Bees
One of the things that’s come up recently is the knowledge about the possibility of your package bees having more than 1 queen. How do you know? And how do you keep your packaged bees from leaving or moving into the neighboring hive?
New Plastic Packaging for Packaged Bees (Spring 2020)
Here’s a video from spring 2020 where I talk about the nice features of this plastic container that my packaged bees came in.
What’s Blooming – March 2021
This year is a little unusual all over the south and east in that we had cold and winter storms much later. So trees, shrubs, and ground plants that normally beginning blooming in February or even late January are just starting to show up. The big bee nectar and pollen source for my bees are …
Planting for Pollinators
One of the questions that came up recently was about what to plant for our bees (and other pollinators). In this post I recommend a few books, a website, a nursery, and an upcoming webinar at NCSU.
NCSU Beekeeping Webinar: Different Types of Bees and their Characterics
NC State University Apiculture Science department is holding monthly webinars on beekeeping. Last June, Dr. Deborah Delaney was a guest speaker talking about types of bees.
Lifecycle of the Honeybee
This posts includes 3 videos that I like that show the lifecycle of the honeybee. Each one brings a little different approach and all together, they are amazing.
Installing a Nuc
This post includes a video by Charlotte Anderson of Carolina Honeybees showing how to install a nuc into a 10 frame hive. I think this is a good video with lots of good advice.
Installing a Package of Bees
One of the best videos I’ve seen for how to install a package of bees was done by John Pledger of Triad Bee Supply. You can watch it here.
Nuc or Package?
How do you decide which to purchase? There are advantages and disadvantages for both options.