Beekeeping365

The Mystery of the Missing Spiracles by Staci Siler It read like the gravest of murder mysteries.

Thor’s Fight with the Giants by Mårten Eskil Winge, 1872 Hehehe.

You crack the outer cover before you’ve even lit the smoker — just a peek, you tell yourself.

(Above) Pollen substitute isn’t picky about who eats it — it’s protein, and protein is protein whether you’re a nurse bee building up winter bees or a squirrel putting on fat before the cold sets in.

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Recently I have taken some time off from blogging.

Get ready for Spring!

No bee that swarmed in June is alive by the time you write up the year in October.

Excerpt from Journeyman to Master Beekeeper Guidebook – Revised 2026 Mentor as Much as Possible In anticipation of, and readying yourself for progression within the Master Beekeeper Program, make yourself available to new beekeepers, especially when somet…

Every beekeeper eventually develops the habit, whether or not they’d call it a philosophy.

Photo credit: https://chriscondello.wordpress.com As always, All beekeeping is local.

Walk into any bee club meeting and you’ll find people forty years into it still showing up on a Tuesday night to hear a talk on splits, still taking notes, still asking questions in the parking lot afterward.

After a strong nectar flow, it’s tempting to pull one more frame than I should.

This piece expands on “Everything Starts with a Tasty Meal” by sassafrasbeefarm (Beekeeping365, August 1, 2021).

The story starts years ago when I noticed that the bees flew with more enthusiasm and worked harder in the days following a varroa mite treatment (oxalic acid vaporization).

Here in the Midlands of South Carolina we are well into the pest control season for honey bee management.

Register for the State Fair honey show this month!

Anyone watch the Sherlock series titled Elementary?

She’s a brick—-house.

Received call today regarding a swarm in Crepe Myrtle tree outside Olive Garden.

Bait Hives Make Good Neighbors After several years of catching swarms, I think I have my preferred bait hive design down pat.

Been on a nuc and swarm trap building binge.

The image shows the painting “Beekeeper” by the Russian artist Ivan Kramskoy.

For Your Consideration, Some years ago, I remember reading on Randy Oliver’s page his discovery of a threshold with regards to varroa.

The story starts years ago when I noticed that the bees flew with more enthusiasm and worked harder in the days following a varroa mite treatment (oxalic acid vaporization).

Wikipedia: Petro Prokopovych (1775–1850, Ukrainian: Петро Прокопович) was a revolutionary Ukrainian[1][2][3][4] beekeeper, the founder of commercial beekeeping and the inventor of the first movable frame hive.[5] He introduced novelties in traditional bee…

Why did my bees die?

Birth: March 29, 1896 Death: November 1, 1977 Inventor of the Cobana round comb honey sections, later to become “Ross Rounds.”

This time of year, in my truck, I keep a deep 10 frame Langstroth box with 10 frames installed, screened bottom board, inner cover, and either migratory or telescoping top.

The varnishing of cells?