The Peace Bee Farmer

  Winter weather tests honey bee colonies and the beekeepers who set up the hives last fall. This year’s cold temperatures and heavy snow co...

  Beekeeping involves observing hives from the outside as much as on the inside. Beekeepers can’t risk opening hives for a thorough examinat...

The year 2020 has been dominated by the Covid-19 virus. Viruses are infectious agents, smaller than bacteria, that infect all types of life ...

Honey bees and beekeepers are preparing hives for winter. One of the bees’ hive preparations involves collecting propolis. Bees gather resin...

  Drones are the male reproductive members of the honey bee hive. Drones perform no work in the hive and have but one duty: They mate with q...

I met Elvis Opris, the owner of Brothers Honey Company, https://www.facebook.com/brothershoneyco , in his bee yard, and we started our day e...

The hot, droughty mid-summer period is often called the Dog Days of Summer, and a significant dearth of nectar often exists from July th...