Discover proven methods for harvesting honey without smoke, including Flow Hives, bee escapes, and brushing. Ensure honey purity and reduce bee stress.
Learn key precautions for using a triangle bee escape board, including proper installation, timing, and avoiding brood to ensure a stress-free honey harvest.
Learn how a bee escape board uses a one-way valve to gently clear honey supers in 24-36 hours, ensuring a calm, low-stress harvest for you and your bees.
Discover how a honey bee escape board provides a low-stress, bee-friendly method for clearing honey supers, ensuring a calm and safe harvest for your colony.
Learn the correct way to use a queen excluder: proper placement, ideal timing during nectar flow, and how to avoid common mistakes for a successful honey crop.
Learn why proper winter hive ventilation is critical to prevent condensation, the #1 threat to overwintering bee colonies. Keep your bees dry and healthy.
Learn how a queen excluder separates brood from honey, ensuring a cleaner harvest and organized hive. Understand its uses and trade-offs for beekeepers.
Learn how a simple mouse guard protects your beehive from destructive rodents. Discover installation timing, benefits, and potential trade-offs for beekeepers.
Learn how queen excluders separate brood from honey supers to streamline harvests, improve product quality, and simplify hive management for beekeepers.
Discover how a bottom entrance simplifies hive inspections, improves ventilation, and enables modular expansion in Langstroth hives for healthier colonies.
Learn how to store honey in a 5-gallon bucket for decades. Discover the key factors for preserving quality and safety, from container choice to temperature control.