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…
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…
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…
Holidazze 2019 Recipes
Our Christmas Open House, Holidazze, was this past weekend and we enjoyed sharing food, stories, mead, and more with our guests. Whether you attended or…
Beyond Beekeeping – Bee Marketing
Recently the Texas Beekeepers Association invited Tara Chapman of Two Hives Honey and me to a discussion about marketing bees, honey, and more. Aside from…
Beekeeping for Ag Exemption in Texas
BEES DON’T NEED FENCES! And that’s just one advantage of using beekeeping for AG valuation instead of raising cattle on your 5-20 acre parcel. Or…