Before we started beekeeping, the extent of our knowledge of beekeeping was seeing white boxes stacked tall on the edges of almond, orange, and avocado orchards in the San Joaquin valley. We grew up watching these boxes come and go year after year, season after season. When we started beekeeping we bought those same type […]
Winter is knocking at the door here in Middle Tennessee, and in your neck of the woods it may already be in the next few days. This past week has been dedicated to winterizing the hives (you can read the post about Winterizing Bee Hives). For the honey bees, the cooler temperatures mean clustering up
On the eve of the online “Natural Beekeeping class (with Adam as the Instructor) being released with the School of Traditional Skills, we are super excited for this next season! We will be continuing to expand our online store, and we are already planning and preparing for next spring with Bootcamps, Homeschool classes and more
Here in a Middle Tennessee, September is bringing in slightly cooler weather and the Fall Flow. Right now the bees are wide open, bringing in as much nectar and pollen as they can with an urgency! By and large they have calmed down from being protective of their stores during the nectar dearth and we can visit with
Every year across most of the earth, honey bees experience a nectar and pollen dearth. This event occurs when the honey bees (and other pollinators) run out of forage during the summer between the drying of the spring blooms and the start of the fall nectar flow. This is also the time when conventional beekeepers prop up their bees by feeding
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