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hive robbing
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Hive Robbing – Everything a Backyard Beekeeper Needs to Know

Hive robbing is a fairly common behavior, especially in the summer and autumn. Failure to notice a robbing event and deal with it promptly may cause disaster to your beehive. In this article, I will teach you everything about hive…
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All You Need to Know about Requeening a Bee Colony
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All You Need to Know about Requeening a Bee Colony

Requeening is an important process that beekeepers normally do. In this article, I'll tell you all you need to know about requeening. What is Requeen? Requeening is a process where beekeepers introduce a new queen into a bee colony to…
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backyard beekeeping considerations
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Can I Keep Bees at My Backyard? Considerations and Challenges

Generally, it is legal to keep bees in backyard. However, you should also consider family acceptance, neighbors, space, commitment, cost and liability.
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Velvet Ants Care Guide for Dummies
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Velvet Ants Care Guide for Dummies

House the velvet ants in a tank filled with sand. Feed them with syrup water. Keep the tank dry and ventilated. Give them 8-12 hours of light per day.
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How to Breed Crickets – A Step by Step Guide
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How to Breed Crickets – A Step by Step Guide

Learn step by step how to breed crickets at home to feed your tarantulas, mantises and centipedes. No more errands to local pet stores for feeder insects.
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How to Start Beekeeping – A Practical Step by Step Guide
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How to Start Beekeeping – A Practical Step by Step Guide

Learn step by step on how to start beekeeping in your backyard, covering bee starter colony, tools required, setting up beehives, tending the bees and more.
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I am Haomaru. I started to develop interest in arthropods since 2007, and have been keeping them for a few years. Along the way, I’ve added fish and geckos to my collection.

While I was trying to keep different species, I notice the information in the internet are quite scattered. Hence I have created this blog to share my experience and knowledge to help beginners who want to start keeping exotic pets.

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