Beehive setup

Before my bee hive families arrived, I got busy preparing a home for them. First of all, I needed a sturdy stand to set the hives on.

Before we start talking about setting up a bee yard and the hives that will house your colonies, I have news to share from my Bee Yard. This week I was

Thinking of adding beehives to your backyard? Figuring out how to setup your apiary can be a challenge. Check out my apiary design for backyard beekeepers.

If your hive has a solid bottom board, tip it slightly forward to allow the water to drain. Making a simple hive shelter will also help keep your bees dry.

Before we start talking about setting up a bee yard and the hives that will house your colonies, I have news to share from my Bee Yard. This week I was

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All hives have been built with "patina" in mind, allowing them to look like older structures showing some imperfections and or seeming like repairs have been done.

One of the most important things that you can do to ensure the success of your hives as well as your successes as a beekeeper is to ensure that you place

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What is a Rose hive? Never heard of it? It is a new development in hive-management. Rose Hives are basically he same as the hives your Joe Average bee keeper uses, except instead of having two different size boxes (one for brood-rearing and one for supers), there is just one size box which can be used for either brood or honey. The big benefit here is that you allow for rapid brood expansion. There is no queen excluder in this set-up. That means the queen can lay as many eggs as she can. As…