BeeKeepClub Resources and Guides for Beekeepers

The art of beekeeping has many challenges that affect both the beekeeper and bee colonies. These challenges often lead to mistakes by beginner beekeepers. They result in low beehive product yields and loss of honeybee colonies. Beginner beekeepers have a lot to learn, and they need not learn it the hard way. If you make a mistake as a beginner, do not be discouraged and abandon beekeeping. Most beekeepers make the same mistakes when starting, so just learn from the errors you make. This article will look at common beginner beekeeping mistakes and how to avoid them.

Beekeeping has been practiced by humans for a very long time. In the past, logs were used as beehives. Today, more advanced equipment such as the Langstroth beehive are used. Beekeeping is also called apiculture. A beekeeper with many beehives close to each other in one place is said to have an apiary. Getting started in beekeeping can be daunting if you do not have the proper guidance and information. Once you get into the groove of things however, you will quickly start enjoying being a beekeeper, and BeeKeepClub is here to guide you right along the way.

Beekeeping faces threats from many pests, diseases, and predators. Beehives made of wood face threats from termites. Protecting beehives from termites reduces the operating cost of beekeeping, leading to higher earnings. Beekeeping is a popular commercial activity in the United States and many other places worldwide. Termites are one of the major pests identified as affecting beekeeping. Beekeepers need not worry however, as there are various simple methods to prevent termites from attacking wooden beehives.

Rearing queen bees in beekeeping operations requires the accurate timing of events and activities. This article guides you on how to use a queen rearing calendar for success in your queen rearing efforts. It also explains the queen rearing calendar while exploring major concepts in the queen rearing process. Beekeeping operations require healthy queen bees in their honeybee colonies for optimum productivity. With a queen rearing calendar, you are able to produce new queen bees on schedule to meet your need to replace queen bees. Newly reared queen bees require mating before they are useful in the honeybee colony, so be sure to get them fertilized using the method available to you.

Varying aspects about the lives of honeybees are mysterious to those who do not know much about them. For your learning about the honeybee life cycle, here is a useful article that we have prepared for you. It details the various processes and stages that take place for honeybees to reproduce and be able to do the many of the awesome things that they do. All readers stand to benefit a lot from this article; not only those that are beekeepers. It has many practical tips and knowledge that will make you a better beekeeper and more friendly to honeybees in your area.

Propolis is a valuable beehive product that honeybees make. You can collect high quality and clean propolis using the best propolis traps (either commercial or homemade). In this article, we explain propolis in the context of beekeeping and also detail propolis traps that give you great results in collecting it.

Honeybees are incredibly efficient in whatever they do. Such a small insect is capable of producing more than one product, is able to feed a colony comprising of thousands of bees and still have surplus produce for human use. Propolis, the greenish-brown product made by honeybees, not only helps the …

The adage goes, no pain no gain. And it seems honeybees have taken this to an entirely different level. They will produce the sweet honey, but sometimes you may have to bear with painful bee stings to get it. Humans have been stung by bees more than enough, hence why …

Bee bearding is one those occurrences that might cause panic to a beginner beekeeper. Fortunately, you do not have fret over it. Join us as we explain all about it. This behavior is entirely natural and should not cause worry to the beekeeper.

Queen rearing in beekeeping helps ensure colony continuity and introduces desirable traits in the honeybee colony. In this introduction to queen rearing, we describe this process in detail and guide you on how to rear queen bees for your beekeeping operation. Rearing queen bees is about breeding honeybees and is part of colony management. It is easy to do with the right equipment and techniques. There are many manufactures and sellers of queen rearing equipment. Both beginner and experienced beekeepers can practice queen rearing for their uses and for commercial purposes too. Queen bee sales are a great way to diversify the products you can sell from your beekeeping operation.

Conservation beekeeping is the practices and activities that a beekeeper carries out with an aim to help bees of any type or to help with the solving of an environmental or ecological problem. To qualify as conservation beekeeping, there must be the rearing of bees of one or more types.

The potential for honeybees in your apiary to sting creates a risk for your beekeeping and your neighbors. This makes beekeeping as a commercial or leisure (hobby) different from other activities. The beekeeper has no direct control over where bees from their apiary fly or where they choose to forage for nectar and water. In many cases, this creates no problem for the beekeeper or the neighbors, as bees will get on with their business. Even when many from the colony are out foraging, they often go unnoticed by anyone other than you. Many hobbies and activities can be enjoyed alone or with the participation of a few other like-minded folks. In situations like this, enjoying your passion in isolation or with supportive others is relatively easy without impacting anyone else. However, with beekeeping, this is different.