So, you’ve got yourself a little apiary. And bears. Everyone knows that bears like honey, just ask any four year old. So how does the average bee keeper go about separating bears from the honey? Ask anyone with a bear that resides close by how destructive they can be, and that is … [Read more...] about How to Build a Bear-Proof Beehive Fence
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How to Set Up Your First Beehive
Honey is a great survival food with many medical benefits. It’s one of the few foods that have an eternal shelf life. Although basically a sugar, honey has low moisture, is very acidic, and even contains a minute amount of hydrogen peroxide. These are the factors that allow, or … [Read more...] about How to Set Up Your First Beehive
How to Harvest Honey from Natural Comb
If you're thinking of getting started in beekeeping, you're going to want to know the best way to harvest the honey from the comb. Here is an excellent article from milk wood.net that shows you how to extract the honey and keep all the pollen, propolis, delicate antibiotics and … [Read more...] about How to Harvest Honey from Natural Comb
Moving Toward Self Sufficiency: Bee Keeping
Having bees in the backyard to some may not sound appealing at first. Bees are however, an important part of life on earth and without them pollination of plants would cease in your backyard and in the wild. Bees produce honey, which to them is a food source and is a food source … [Read more...] about Moving Toward Self Sufficiency: Bee Keeping