Hobby Beekeeping

Vaccinate your bees? Why do we follow these stupid ideas and just fall into line. As early as 1999 a solution was found to Foul Brood. Stop the madness.

We all do this but likely we are hurting our bees. Also, why aren't more beekeepers using this simple technique to help with winter survival?

I take a look at the peer reviewed literature that all seems to point in the same direction. Treating bees for mites might kill the mites but also harms the bees. So why do we do it?

From acid treatments to mite strips back to back, I'm trying to understand the business of Livestock beekeeping. it's not easy but we have to try to listen to perspectives that really don't fit our approach. We can all learn from each other.

It's a great time of the year to look back and get clear on what I've learned from our project thus far. Some pretty surprising but common sense strategies that you can start using today.

In an amazing discovery scientists have discovered that honeybees develop traits to fight mites while in capped brood. In this podcast I discuss this new finding as another reason we should ask ourselves are we helping or hurting bees by using chemicals to control mites.

This fact propels the evolutionary impact of how different strains of bees if left alone will adapt to the environmental strain they are facing. We humans are also evolving. This fact is also why the bees are able to adapt to mites quickly, if we just let them.

This one is hard to believe. What would you do?

You don't need to open your hive to see if they are healthy. Here are 3 simple signs your hive is doing well.

I'm hoping these few ideas could help in the fight to stop some of the rediculous government ideas.

It's not cold or mites that is the greatest risk to kill your bees this winter. Learn how we use this tool to help with that battle.

I'm amazed the bees survive. It truly is an environmental mess.

A different look at what might be damaging our honeybees and natural pollinators.

It's been a busy couple of days. Good news for us on the helicopter spraying so far and weed police updates.

The weed police complainer is identified and more farm news.

From depression, to happiness to aggression, do bees tell us how they feel with their sound?

No cutting or spraying yet as we head to an appeal.

Yup we are at it again. Can't believe this but listen to the story of what we are going to do. Could I end up in Jail?

Can we just all get along?

The video hive swarms and other farm events. Looking to add sheep wool to our winter blankets.

Today I discuss the recent research that proves we have the solution to the mite and disease problem with our bees. I can't believe this is being ignored.

Perhaps if we leave the bees alone, taking a break or swarming due to the hive being full of honey could help with mites. Here's my thinking.

Today we are in a haze from the smoke and while the bees are still working they seem off as most humans are today. Also updates on the status of this year's splits.

More swarms and farm developments with a discussion on livestock beekeeping. Maybe it's natural, or livestock beekeeping and nothing in the middle?

Could we have too many bees? Today we picked up our 5th swarm. Now we are actually at 47 hives. What to do now?