Beekeeping

We face our second hurricane in two weeks, prepare for cooler temperatures and ready our bees to get through the winter.

A fellow beekeeper raises her own queens and has extra mated queens. She asked me if I needed any. Since I had two under-performing...

Summer is busy on the homestead. We have to take advantage of the warm weather to grow and harvest what food we can in a limited time.

We got off to a slow start back in mid-March and the weather wasn't the most cooperative, but we've finally finished building the chicken coop.

The lack of rain is affecting humans, honeybees, and plants, but some relief may lie on the horizon, at least in the Appalachians.

After a clandestine meeting in which I slipped a woman a wad of $20s and she handed me a small, carefully built wooden box, I was the proud owner of some bees.

I have plenty of bees, but little honey. We are all waiting for something to bloom besides wildflowers and clover so the honey flow can start.

Tips and a budget for starting bees at home in the city or on the homestead. Plus, why bees are great for preppers.

Walmart continues to be well stocked and while prices are up, there are still good buys to be found for preppers

Only four weeks after we added bees to our hives, they have doubled in size, the bees are drawing comb, and the queen is laying lots of eggs.