Tag: hive
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Beekeeping Notes – Why Beekeepers Must Keep Good Beekeeping Notes
Beekeeping notes help beekeepers track important information about their beehives. Keeping good hive notes can help beekeepers improve their beekeeping success, including fewer bee losses and more honey production. Record keeping isn’t always easy, especially when you’re new to beekeeping. Here are some tips for how to keep accurate records. They’re a record One of…
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Beekeeping Products
Beekeeping supplies are essential to starting and maintaining a beekeeping operation. These include hive tools, smokers and protective clothing. These beekeeping supplies can cost a lot of money in the beginning, but they will pay off in the long run. They can also help you to avoid some common pitfalls that beekeepers face. Hive Tool…
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Why Do Beekeepers Usage Smoke?
Bees sting in self-defense when they think you are a hive trespasser, and they release an alarm pheromone to alert other bees that they are under attack. Smoke helps calm bees by masking their sense of smell and preventing the transfer of these intruder alarm signals. This keeps bees from stinging you and allows you…
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How Do Beekeepers Make Honey?
A beekeeper’s main goal is to produce honey for his or her hive. This can be done in several ways. First, the bees seal off the cells of the comb with wax caps. This process protects the honey and keeps it from spoiling. How do beekeepers get honey? Bees collect nectar from plant flowers, then…
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What Do Beekeepers Perform In the Winter?
Winter can be a stressful and deadly time for a hive. Beekeepers take steps to minimize losses by making sure their colonies are well-fed, strong, and disease free. Honey bees are adapted to their climate and can survive the winter as long as they have enough food. But some colonies do inevitably die of starvation.…