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What are the parts and pieces of a beehive?

Image by Martin Pettitt This is real beehive inside huge Beehive on Southgate Roundabout Bury St Edmunds. Question by : What are the parts and pieces of a beehive? I am new to beekeeping and I am confused by how many peices and components there are in a standard beehive. COul dyou also provide a […]

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How long does it take bees to build a beehive?

Image by madmiked A 2 minute image taken from Oyster Bay of the Beehive cluster with Saturn. The shot was taken with my Konica camera and zoom lens with Kodak Elite Chrome 200 slide film. The lens was at 200mm focal length and the shutter at f/4.5. The slide was scanned and then processed in […]

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How do people raise honey bees?

Image by AndrewVDill According to Wikipedia: New honeybee colonies are formed when queen bees leave the colony with a large group of worker bees, a process called swarming. The first or prime swarm generally goes with the old queen. As soon as the swarm is established as a new colony, the bees raise a new […]

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how to start raising bumble bees?

Image by Michael S. Hyatt Question by sgpasta312000: how to start raising bumble bees? how to get started on raising bumble bees or honey bees in northern wi. and wich is better for pollinating cranberries with a the end product of honey Give your answer to this question below!

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bees raise their body temperature using heat derived from…?

Image by net_efekt A beehive is an enclosed structure in which some honey bee species of the genus live and raise their young. Natural beehives (typically referred to simply as "nests") are naturally occurring structures occupied by honey bee colonies, while domesticated honey bees live in man-made beehives, often in an apiary. These man-made structures […]

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Question by anNex: How do you get rid of a beehive hanging from a roof? There is a beehive hanging from my roof, how do i get rid of it..first of all its too high>?…Throwing something at it could be dangerous! What should I do? Feel free to answer in the comment section below

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How much income can you get from beekeeping?

Image by net_efekt A bit more beekeeping training before Siobahn heads of for hols and leaves me in charge for the summer… Argh! Question by gothic_amethyst: How much income can you get from beekeeping? I love honey and was curious how much income people get from beekeeping? There’s several beekeepers around here, so I assume […]

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can anyone help me start beekeeping in chennai?

Image by Salim Virji Beekeeping in Alphabet City Question by Silver Man: can anyone help me start beekeeping in chennai? I need to know how to start beekeeping? Where to get queen bee and other stuff? can anyone help me please. What do you think? Answer below!

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Does Burts Bees treat the bees they use fairly?

Image by lakewentworth Playing with some light posterization effects to raise the visibility of some of the features of the flower. Question by Free As a Bird: Does Burts Bees treat the bees they use fairly? just wondering cause I really like Burts Bees and I know they don’t test on animals but they do […]

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Is beekeeping a good pathway to self employment?

Image by Salim Virji Beekeeping in Alphabet City Question by Zelman: Is beekeeping a good pathway to self employment? I live in New Zealand, and would like to tap into its natural resources more in terms of how I live, and what I do every day. Having looked at a few agricultural revenue options, I […]

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