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The best honey bee stock for beginners is the Italian honey bees, for their ease of maintenance and moderate disease resistance. If a higher disease resistance ...

The best modern beehive for backyard beekeepers is the Langstroth hive. The Langstroth hive can accommodate bigger brood size and more honey. It is also easier to work on.

To harvest honey from Langstroth hives, calm the bees with smoke and drive them away from the super. Then, remove the super ...

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…

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…

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