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Beekeepers raise queen bees from fertilized larvae. Bee colonies are induced to produce new queen bees by manipulating different colony attributes. The development of a new queen bee is controlled by an experienced beekeeper for several purposes including, the use of the new queen to start its own colony to …

History teaches us that beekeeping has been around for thousands of years.  Early humans learned the art of culturing bees through trial and error, observation, and in-depth study. They learned that their old ways of gathering honey destroyed the hives leaving no chance of continuity. As years passed, beekeeping methodologies …

Beekeeping is a science, and humans first learned the importance of beekeeping hundreds of years ago. They learned and developed multiple ways to make it a more sustainable undertaking. Over the years, different methods emerged together with innovations in equipment and tools. Early beekeepers learned that the survivability of the …

The concept of the excluder is to prevent the queen bee from having access to certain areas of the beehive. It a barrier constructed to restrict the movement of the queen bee. The queen is larger in size than the other bees, and the queen excluder is made in such …

Beekeeping has a very long history that dates back to the prehistoric times. Just like carpentry and farming, beekeeping has been part of the human culture since the ancient times. Methods in culturing bees and harvesting honey have evolved and humans have perfected the science of beekeeping over the years. …

In beekeeping, foundations are basically sheets that are used to direct the comb building. It also acts a support to the entire comb. In nature, bees can build a comb without a foundation, but the use of a foundation in beekeeping helps beekeepers in guiding the orientation and location of …

Truth be told, very few ventures can be compared to beekeeping. This is one of those activities that can be transformed within no time from a hobby to a commercial grade enterprise. Most pro beekeepers started off as hobbyists and eventually scale up. Beekeeping equipment including the honey bottling tank …

The idea of beekeeping invokes fear in some people. This fear is not misplaced because no human being can stand the sting of the bees. In fact, there have been cases of people who have been stung to death bees. However, technology has changed the face of beekeeping for the …

If you want to be the best, then you must be equipped to achieve that. Technology is changing the way of doing things, and it keeps changing with the rise of each day. The technology doesn’t have to be complex either. Even the simplest of advancements (such as the lever), …

Hive stands are not only designed to keeping a beehive off the wet ground; they have a lot more benefits. Some might think that it is not necessary to have a hive stand but the truth is, bees are naturally inclined to set house above the ground. You rarely find …