Beekeeping

Homesteading articles about Beekeeping collected over two decades from experienced homesteaders who know what they’re talking about.

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Are you a Wanna Bee? Build a Solitary-bee House

What is it about bees or beekeeping that is so scary?  If…

Melody Cox Melody Cox
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Wintering Bees

Before you read "Wintering Bees", have you read "Getting Ready to Get…

Kim Flottum Kim Flottum
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Preparing Bees for Winter: Getting Ready to Get Bees Ready For Winter

This was article supposed to be something about how honey bees and…

Kim Flottum Kim Flottum
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Bees for Free

If you are new to, or interested in, beekeeping, you will eventually…

Andrew Botham Andrew Botham
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Adventures of a Beekeeper’s Wife

“You are about to enter a whole new world,” the retired beekeeper…

Trendle Ellwood Trendle Ellwood
Using Beeswax Around the Homestead
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Using Beeswax Around the Homestead

Beeswax is a versatile by-product of honey production and a very valuable…

Regina Anneler Regina Anneler
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Honey Health: Using Honey in Home Remedies, Baking, and Skin Care

Dogs may have a challenger when it comes to the “Man's Best…

Karyn Sweet Karyn Sweet
Is Beekeeping a Lost Art, How to Help Save the Honeybees
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The Lost Art of Beekeeping?

In 2010 the USDA uncapped their figures: 2009 yielded the lowest recorded…

Trendle Ellwood Trendle Ellwood
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Garden Seeds, Honeybees, You, and Me

Every day as we read our newspapers, scan our internet forums, or…

Trendle Ellwood Trendle Ellwood
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Are Bees for Me?

Bees are interesting.  They just are.  Not to say that I have…

Andrew Botham Andrew Botham
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Beginning Thoughts on Keeping Bees

There are a lot of good reasons to have a few hives…

Kim Flottum Kim Flottum
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Budget Backyard Bee Box

This is a simple guide for the homesteader who wishes to keep…

Andrew Botham Andrew Botham