The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Beekeeping: Tips, Techniques, and Secrets for Success Introduction to Beekeeping Embarking on a journey into the world of beekeeping can be an enriching experience. Honey bees play a vital role in our ecosystems, pollinating flowering plants, and crops. As a beekeeper, you’ll enjoy the fruits of your labor in the…
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Thriving Together: An Introduction to Treatment-Free Beekeeping in Central Texas As spring blooms in Central Texas, we, as beekeepers, are gearing up for another exciting season filled with opportunities to nurture and strengthen our honey bee colonies. This year, my focus is on treatment-free beekeeping and the development of queen bees with robust genetics and…
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If you’re considering getting a bee hive, or are already a beekeeper, it’s important to understand the benefits of using a professional service for installation and maintenance. Here are just some of the reasons why you should consider using a bee specialist: 1) Expert Installation – A professional will know how to install your hive…
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The Many Benefits of Keeping Honey Bees on Your Property Honey bees are a valuable asset to any property. Not only do they provide delicious honey, but they also play an important role in pollinating crops. This is important for two reasons: first, crops that are pollinated by bees yield more fruit and vegetables; and…
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What is Treatment-Free Beekeeping? Beekeepers who practice treatment–free beekeeping often don‘t use any chemical treatments to protect their colonies from pests like varroa mites, tracheal mites, or nosema. Instead, they allow weaker colonies to die off and only take surplus honey if the bees are healthy and have a surplus. This helps build up the…
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The Queen’s Delight: How Bees Use Royal Jelly What is Royal Jelly? Royal Jelly is a highly nutritious food that honey bees produce to feed the young larvae and Queen of their colony, who gets fed a diet mainly consisting of Royal Jelly. The enzymes in this nourishing jelly help her lay more than her…
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Making Sure Your Hives Access Enough Food During the Late Summer Bees rely on a diversity of sources for food. To make sure colonies are prepared for the summer months when there isn’t nectar available, it’s important to inspect regularly and ensure that you’re not running low on stores while also feeding sugar syrup in…
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Hello there! It’s Landon with the Royal Jelly Bee Company! Time has really flown by since the last blog update, still trying to get more regular at that, and a ton of fun stuff has been in the works! After the February freezes came to a finish, we’d gotten knocked back a bit, but it…
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Hey there, This is Landon with Royal Jelly Bee Co.! Spring is finally almost here, the arctic blast has passed and things are finally picking back up! I’ve been making rounds the past 2 weeks and checking on all of our colonies, accessing losses from the weather, and setting up our colonies for success early…
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Hello there! So you’re wanting to start beekeeping? Great, fall and winter is actually the best time to getting started with your research, setup, and laying all the groundwork to have success actually getting started next Spring! First things first, you’re going to need to do a lot of research. It’s far better to be…
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