Learn to prevent robbing in your apiary with strategic feeding, entrance reducers, and efficient hive inspections. Protect your colonies from devastating attacks.
Discover the critical step for hiving a nuc: preserving brood nest integrity by transferring frames in the same order to minimize stress and prevent absconding.
Discover 4 strategic options for overwintered nucs: sell for profit, expand your apiary, requeen weak hives, or create a resource bank. Turn surplus into success.
Learn why commercial beekeepers must reserve honeybee packages and nucs by January to ensure timely April or May delivery and avoid inventory stockouts.
Learn how to attract bees to a new box using scent lures like lemongrass oil, proper hive volume, and strategic placement to mimic an ideal home for scout bees.
Explore the key differences between Langstroth and top bar hives, including design, management, and honey production, to choose the right hive for your beekeeping goals.
Discover how the Auto Flow Hive's gentle tap-based harvest reduces bee stress, redirects energy to honey production, and enables more frequent harvests.
Learn the key differences between nucs and full-size colonies, including advantages, management needs, and how to choose the right start for your apiary.
Learn how entrance reducers can trap heat and moisture on warm winter days, leading to mold, condensation, and colony loss. Essential beekeeping insights.
Learn the critical steps for nuc care after installation: confirming queen acceptance, providing consistent feeding, and managing hive space for rapid colony expansion.
Learn why obstructing a hive entrance after a move prevents forager loss by forcing bees to reorient. Essential for successful short-distance relocations.
Discover the purpose of a hive frame: the essential tool for non-destructive hive inspections, efficient honey harvesting, and effective colony management.
Learn the two main methods for feeding pollen to bees: patties & dry feed. Understand the critical timing to stimulate brood without stressing the colony.
Learn how to store beekeeping gear by function (PPE, tools, woodenware) to protect your investment, ensure biosecurity, and streamline hive inspections.
Discover the realistic timeline for filling a Flow Hive super. Learn how colony strength, nectar flow, and beekeeping practices impact honey production speed.
Discover the hive tool: a beekeeper's essential lever for prying, scraping, and inspecting hives. Learn its functions, types, and why substitutes fail.
Learn how a simple moat system using soapy water or oil creates an effective, bee-safe barrier to protect your beehives from destructive ant invasions.
Learn the key difference between a hive's brood chamber (structure) and honey supers (superstructure) for effective colony health and honey production.
Learn how requeening with a nuc provides an immediate, proven queen and a surge of brood to solve queen problems fast, ensuring colony survival and rapid recovery.