Beekeeping

Are you a new beekeeper? Congratulations! Let's get your new hive set up and ready before your bees arrive.

You would not think twice about feeding your chickens, your goats, your pigs, and other livestock. Feeding your bees is important for hive health and honey production.

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

Many homesteaders and preppers raise bees. Are they right for you? What are possible objectives for raising bees? What are the start-up costs?

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.

Bee season has peaked and the brood nests will get smaller and smaller. What you do now will determine if your bees make it through winter.

The weather turned warm and sunny, allowing us to continue to work on our bee projects and our chicken coop. We are now ready if the bees come early. The coop needs more work.

We are working to make fall plantings, clean up the homestead, stock up, and generally make sure we are ready for winter.

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.

With my beekeeping reputation on the line, I was hoping for at least two of my three hives to make it through the winter.