by Nicolas Geant | Oct 18, 2018 | News
To get its first beehive, the young beekeeper can pick a swarm in a tree in the spring. It remains random and harvesting a swarm is not easy the first time. You can simply buy a nucs from a professional beekeeper. To create a split, commercial beekeeper divides one of...
by Nicolas Geant | Oct 14, 2018 | Non classé
Do you want to have bees in your garden? The first purchase in beekeeping and the most important is to purchase honey bees. Two possible prices: – $350.00 for a hive with bees – $169.00 for 5-Frame Nuc For the price of $169, you have a 5-Frame Nuc with the honey bees:...
by Nicolas Geant | Sep 4, 2018 | Non classé
Royal jelly is the key to every colony’s development. Its delicacy and low production requires a true expertise from beekeepers. The mystery of royal jelly As its name indicate, the royal jelly is the main source of nutrition of queens. It comes from young bees...
by Nicolas Geant | Jul 29, 2018 | News
Replacing a queen is a meticulous step, beekeepers must take into account the natural behavior of the colony to make sure the bees accept the new queen. The queen is the cohesive element of the hive, through phenomenal secretion, therefore a queen-less hive largely...
by Nicolas Geant | Jul 15, 2018 | News
Although natural swarming can help grow your livestock, most of the time it downsizes the opportunity of harvest by depriving the colony 4 to 8 pounds of bees. Also, the swarm’s quality will be altered and uncertain.For this reason, beekeepers must prevent swarming,...
