I will show you how you can make a two-bucket honey strainer system to filter honey from natural honey comb. You will be able to completely strain your honey comb of wax and debris. In addition, with the use of a honey gate, you can pour clean honey directly into jars. Gone are the days of the centrifugal extractor, if you are a […]
On the farm, we went from wearing full bee suits with face masks to wearing bikinis. You may wonder how we made this transition, especially if you are a beekeeper still suiting up like you are headed for a space walk on Venus. This blog will go into the details of how we systematically shed […]
One of the most delicious things to come out of a bee hive besides honey is pollen stuffed, white comb beebread. What a treat! Beebread is actual honey comb with packed cells of pollen and honey. If you’ve never tried it, this is something you should seek out from the many local beekeepers in Hawaii. […]
In the last year and a half, we have captured 10 swarms. Capturing a swarm is an excellent way to start keeping bees. It’s not as difficult as it may sound and from my experience, not as dangerous as one might think. Within the last 3 days, I have captured two swarms. It doesn’t require […]
I now had two queenless hives from the removal. Basically, I had a bunch of bees from two hives. Without a queen, the bees have no way of making more worker bees. Sometimes a worker bee will lay eggs but they are only capable of laying unfertilized eggs which produce only drones. Drones are male […]