Beekeeping equipment

Learn how to store honey supers over Winter and protect the drawn comb your bees work so hard to make. Get a jump on next season.

Thoroughly sterilizing and cleaning used beekeeping equipment is essential. Here are the five ways I cleaned our new-used equipment.

When working with bees as a beekeeper, you need the best bee suit that is comfortable and secure from stings. Read our reviews.

I filled up my first beekeeping journal in December, which got me thinking about record-keeping and how I might improve my system. I’ve been through a few iterations of record keeping systems, but the one I’ve been using the past […]

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Build a Scale to Weigh Bee Hives: Portable Hive Scale The goal is to build an accurate, electronic bee hive scale for under $50 that allows anyone to weight 4 hives per minute – up to 250 lbs each – without materially disturbing the colony. ______________________________ Problem …

Lots of DIY Beekeeping equipment.

There’s been a lot of buzz around backyard beekeeping recently. Here’s must-know info and helpful tips to help you enjoy this sweet pursuit!

My opinion on honey is simple. The day of extracting honey as a backyard beekeeper is due for a major change. Honey in bottles...