by Nicolas Geant | Jul 13, 2018 | News
Let’s talk about heat. Here in California we beekeepers are afforded an excellent opportunity. Not only are we surrounded by beautiful scenery, but we live in a climate that allows our bees to forage nearly year-round. However, here in northern California we also...
by Nicolas Geant | Jul 1, 2018 | News
07/01/2018 When your colonies grow bigger and occupy most of the hive, you need to add supers, so that your bees can start stocking honey in them. Timing is everything when adding supers: installing them too early may lead to larval mortality, yet installing them too...
by Nicolas Geant | Jun 19, 2018 | News
Pushasing populated hives from another beekeeper, through internet ads for instance, requires some careful considerations. If you consider yourself a beginner in beekeeping, it would probably be preferable for you to bring a beekeeper friend to the meeting, so that he...
by Nicolas Geant | Jun 9, 2018 | News
The queen is the central figure of the hive. She must be changed regularly and inserted in a several thousand-bees population. Finding and marking a queen requires extreme patience, gentleness and an alert sense of observation. A little tips is that you should expect...
by Nicolas Geant | Jun 5, 2018 | News
Honeybees have thrived for 50 million years, each colony 40 to 50,000 individuals coordinated in amazing harmony. So why, seven years ago, did colonies start dying en masse? Marla Spivak reveals four reasons which are interacting with tragic consequences. This is not...
by Nicolas Geant | Jun 2, 2018 | News
Thanks to the hive-with-frame system, every beekeeper can thoroughly handle and monitor their colonies. Nonetheless, you should always be careful not to hurt your bees, and in particular your queens. Here are a few tips on how to securely handle frames: 1- To start,...
