Hannah Miller is on a mission to help the bee population world wide! You don’t have to be a beekeeper to support our vital pollinators.…
The Bee’s Call
Recent reports that the beekeeper at Buckingham Palace took the time and trouble to tell the Royal Hives of the Queen’s death have left many…
Fall in Love with Comb Honey
Honeycomb is nature’s most pure food. Honey is ready to eat – so much so it comes in its own package! Perfect wax hexagons with…
Hive Management and Swarm/Bee Removal
We are often contacted to help with managing hives for landowners and removing bees from people’s property. If you are interested in either of these…
Are We Selecting for Musketeer Bees?
Have large scale colony nuclei production and colony splitting practices caused us to inadvertently select for particular traits or genes that promote the expansion of…
BeeWeaver’s 2021 Gift Guide
With less than a week left until Christmas, we at BeeWeaver know that a lot of people are getting their last minute gifts and finishing…
A Bee Lover’s Guide to Building a Rain Garden
Here’s an interesting question to consider: What do property drainage issues and apiary management have in common? Rain gardens, of course! Rain gardens are natural…
Holidazze 2021 Recipes
Every year we host our annual Christmas Open House – Holidazze! It is always on the first Saturday in December so mark your calendar! Don’t…
Africanized Bees & Varroa Resistance
Honey bees are different from other livestock for several reasons, but especially in that no other domesticated animal co-exists and routinely interbreeds with a wild…
Selecting Bees for Environmental Resilience
Breeding bees that mitigate survival risks under normal fall and winter weather patterns, and exhibit enhanced survival capacity during atypical but increasingly frequent climate and…
Feeding Hives in Preparation for Winter and Early Spring
It is usually a good idea to pick one of more mild fall days to work through your colonies to make sure they are ready…
Avoiding Robbing
Avoiding Robbing – perhaps the most challenging aspect of Fall colony management? In some parts of the country it is already too cold to think…