maximise your honey crop – The Walrus and the Honey Bee

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Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives

How to maximise your honey crop Book cover A new beekeeping book seems to get published every week, so I have joined the party alongside my co-author, Paul Horton. Our new book, Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives — How to maximise…

Steve pointing to some mating nucs with his hive tool

18 Jun 23 Walrus

Life Cycles and Spectacular Growth

From tiny acorns do giant oak trees grow The ability of honey bees to grow their colonies from little nucs to enormous hives with bursting supers is extraordinary. Some colonies that came out of winter looking small are now booming.…

Mike Palmer's Cell Builder Apiary in Vermont

6 Mar 23 Walrus

Two Colonies In One: A Proven Way To Increase Honey Production

Big Colonies There are many ways to skin a cat, apparently, and the same is true of beekeeping (many ways to do it). I don't understand why anyone would want to skin a cat. It seems harsh, even if cats…