Skip to content
The Walrus and the Honey Bee
  • Home
  • Walrus Beekeeping Blog
  • About Me
  • My Books
  • Podcasts
  • Contact
  • Resources

bee farming

Bee Farmers and Hobby Beekeepers

4th October 2026 by Steve Donohoe
Tall hives alongside a field of borage

They want the same thing, right? Beekeeping is a broad church, as they say, with all sorts of people taking part in the craft for many reasons. There does currently appear to be something of a rift, perhaps widening to a chasm, between a vocal section of hobby beekeepers and the majority of bee farmers. … Read more

Categories Stories, Interviews & Philosophy Tags bee farming, beekeeping finances Leave a comment

  • Apiary Planning & Design (13)
  • Beekeeping Fundamentals (57)
  • Hive Health & Diseases (39)
  • Honey & Hive Products (7)
  • Plants, Forage & Habitat (4)
  • Queen Rearing & Genetics (50)
  • Seasonal Management (45)
  • Stories, Interviews & Philosophy (86)
  • Swarming & Colony Reproduction (17)
  • Bee Farmers and Hobby Beekeepers4th October 2026
  • My Best Yield Yet, and Why I Still Can’t Take New Customers24th September 2026
  • White Labelling Is Not the Problem21st August 2026
  • Two Kinds of Dearth8th August 2026
  • Beekeeping: Late Season19th July 2026
  • Timing and Fortune21st June 2026
  • The Bees Already Know How: Simple Queen Rearing14th April 2026
  • What Queen Quality Actually Means, and How to Measure It31st March 2026
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Threads
  • Bluesky
© 2026 The Walrus and the Honey Bee • Built with GeneratePress

Loading Comments...