Tag: Beekeeping

Despite the calendar claiming it arrived two weeks ago, spring is finally here, and the bees and butterflies are thrilled.

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

Is offsite storage a prepper's lifeline or a vulnerability? it may work great for our excess honey equipment, but is not ideal for food storage.

From surviving winter hive losses to the threat of domestic sleeper cells, being prepared includes spring chores and self-defense.

Beekeeping in January, upgrading the Ruger 10/22, and vacuum-sealing ammo. How unusual weather is shifting this winter's homesteading priorities.

A spate of warm weather gives us a chance to feed the bees before cold and possibly snow hits us around Thanksgiving.

As the temperatures drop, we have to wrap up our summer activities and prep for winter. This includes securing our livestock and upgrading the UTV.

As winter grows closer, the honeybees grow more desperate to set aside stores. Beekeepers help them by feeding them and treating for mites.

Our fall honey harvest is in, and we set a new record for honey production. Extraction and bottling is a lengthy process because we do it by hand,

Temperatures are dropping as the sun sets earlier, providing motivation to finish our chores and prepared the homestead for winter.