The Peace Bee Farmer

Peace Bee Farm Master Beekeeper Richard Underhill of Conway, Arkansas muses on life with the bees and other things.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Dandelions in the Lawn

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The dandelion is a hearty member of the sunflower family of plants, the composites. The composites make up a very large family of flowering ...
Monday, March 30, 2009

Bees in the Flower Pot

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An overnight rain filled the exposed flower pots with water. The next day this flooded planter was visited by great numbers of honey bees. A...
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Swarming Bees Seek a Permanent Home

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After a swarm of bees has landed on an object in the vicinity of their hive, they send out scout bees searching for a suitable new home. The...

Honey Bees Swarm in the Spring

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Swarming is the way that honey bees propagate on a colony-wide basis. In the swarming process, the bees create a new queen to remain in the ...
Thursday, March 26, 2009

Swarm Season Begins

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Honey bees expand their range and increase the number of colonies by dividing their colony in two. This process of propagating bees on a col...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Redbud in Bloom

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Along rural ditch banks and field margins as well as in suburban lawns an impressive pinkish red tree is now in bloom. Upon close inspection...

Building Bee Hives

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The natural home of the honey bee is a hollow tree. A tree which has been damaged by lightning, or woodpeckers, or termites will often have ...
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EAS Certified Master Beekeeper and Owner of Peace Bee Farm of Conway, Arkansas. Former President of Arkansas Beekeepers Association, Tennessee Beekeepers Association, and Memphis Area Beekeepers Association. Recipient of the President's Volunteer Service Award.
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