The Peace Bee Farmer

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

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Honey in Storage

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Honey is the only unprocessed food that will last indefinitely. It is made by the honey bee during times of plentiful food availability and...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Preparing Pollinator Habitat

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It is important to preserve both honey bees and native pollinators for us to continue to have abundant food, productive agriculture, health...
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Monday, December 28, 2009

Priming Foundation

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Honey bees build their own nest from beeswax that the young bees secrete from glands on the lower side of their abdomen. The beeswax is sec...
Sunday, December 27, 2009

Winter Bee Yard Checks

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Beekeepers leave their colonies alone for most of the winter, as it is not safe to open the bee hives in cold weather and chill the tightly...
Saturday, December 26, 2009

Storing Brood Comb

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The best way to protect honey comb is to keep it in a hive occupied by a large, healthy colony of honey bees. The worker bees will constant...
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Friday, December 25, 2009

Pax Vobiscum

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Over millions of years of developing its social order, the honey bee gained the ability to communicate rapidly with all of the members of t...
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

1884 and Today

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Google has made available an old beekeeping book, found only on the shelves of a few libraries. From 1884, it is A Dictionary of Practical ...
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Richard Underhill
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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