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Moving large numbers of honeybee colonies over long distances is necessary in pollination season. Beekeepers providing pollination services to farmers have come up with ways to ensure honeybee colonies arrive at their destination safely. One measure taken by such beekeepers is using hauling nets and tarps. The tarps used in beehive haulage allow air and water to pass through so that bees can be cooled and ventilated. Various manufacturers use different materials to make their nets and tarps. This article looks at the best bee hauling tarps and nets you can use when transporting beehives.

Raising a healthy honey bee colony can be challenging, and disheartening if it gets wiped out by predators. As the beekeeper it is therefore wise to be ahead of your enemies, and this means anticipating the enemy before it strikes. It is also important to understand what action to take if you have already been struck by a predator. The bee is an easy target of most predators, ranging from tiny pests to the huge mammals that devastate colonies all over the United States. The seasonal changes also bring its own share of challenges to the honey bees and ultimately the beekeeper. If you thought you overcame winter, then comes along predators that creep in at the dead of the night. Possums are fascinating creatures that may target apiaries. They are found in a few places across the globe including the United States. In this article, we'll discuss the effect that possums have on honeybees and their colonies.

The Honey Bee Social Structure Bees, like humans, have a very complex social structure, and beekeepers should understand this structure if they are to be successful. Honey bees are vegetarian and get their proteins from the pollen they eat. Honey bees also get carbohydrates from the honey that is made …

The honey bee is targeted by more than 18 viruses, along with various pests, parasites and predators. One of the viruses that has been isolated and described is the Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus (CBPV). As the name implies, it causes chronic paralysis in bees and is found worldwide. The virus is common and detectable throughout the year. Nonetheless, it stays dormant in asymptomatic bees. An outbreak of severe disease symptoms tends to be erratic, and will appear mostly during spring and summer, when the honey bee colony is at its peak of production.

Perhaps you have come across the name Melipona bee and wondered what it is. There is also so much hype on the benefits of Melipona honey. What exactly is the Melipona bee and does its honey have more benefits than any other honey? Well, we shall delve into all these in this article.

The Hardin Professional 2 Frame Manual Honey Extractor comes from a company with a reputation for manufacturing quality equipment in various industries. This includes equipment to work with wood, metal and other materials. This honey extractor is used in beekeeping to extract honey from beehive frames. It is largely made …

The number of honey bees in the colony determines the overall hive strength and how good the colony is at collecting resources. Once a small swarm has been settled into a beehive, the beekeeper has to quickly promote an increase in the number of bees, in order for the colony …

It's not something that any beekeeper would ever wish for, but honeybee colonies can sometimes die off. There are various reasons for this happening ranging from the weather and diseases to pesticide chemicals. When an entire colony dies off, you have to clean the beehive and prepare it for its next use. In this article we will discuss how to clean a dead beehive and get it ready for a new colony of honeybees. Cleaning a dead beehive should have focus on all areas and parts of the hive. It also has a role in preventing re-occurrence of the mass death of honeybees.

Beekeeping with Langstroth beehives gives allows for high honey yields and makes beehive maintenance easier. Beekeepers using Langstroth beehives have the options of buying a hive and maybe assembling it themselves, or building one. This article details how to build a Langstroth beehive and touches on the important features of that make this beehive design style so popular in beekeeping. It also delves into benefits of using a Langstroth beehive in beekeeping.

It goes without saying that Langstroth beehives are popular in beekeeping. They make use of beehive frames often made of wood. Some beekeepers add foundation wax in sheets to the beehive frames. Foundation helps bees draw wax faster on the frames. It also helps bees make cells of an even …