Spring Beekeeping: Splitting your honeybee colony
As your colony grows and begins filling the frames with eggs, larvae, capped brood, pollen, nectar, and possibly even capped honey, you might find yourself asking: what’s next?
Beekeeping Resources
Beekeeping resources to help you learn about bees, hive management, honey and more!
A Routine Hive Inspection: How to inspect for a healthy colony
How do I know if my hive is healthy? and What should I look for during my routine hive inspections? Let’s dive into the key steps to assess the health...
Beekeeping for Beginners: Essential Resources & Gear Breakdown
If you’re interested in beekeeping, I would suggest starting by exploring the following resources...
Mason Bees on Vancouver Island
How to Care for Mason Bees: To successfully raise mason bees in your backyard, you’ll need to provide three essential components...
The Waggle Dance
Honeybees need to communicate for a number of reasons- one in particular is to indicate where the best resource patch (nectar, pollen, resin) is located and how to get there....
'Dead Outs'- What to do when your hive doesn't make it through winter.
Despite our best efforts, we may lose our precious colony over the long, cold, wintering months. While losing a colony may not be uncommon, it is always deeply upsetting and... Read More
The ‘smoker:’ why do we use smoke in a honeybee hive?
You may have seen photos of beekeepers posing near the hive with metal contraptions billowing with smoke. These are our bee smokers, or simply known as a ‘smoker.’ The... Read More
How to Protect your Honeybee Hive from Wasps
Every year as the weather increases in temperature and we begin to relax into thecomfortable rhythm of summer, we are joined by our favourite pests—the wasp. Here's how to protect...
The Honeybee Sting
The Honeybee Sting - Myths and Facts Contrary to popular belief, the only members of the colony that possess stingers are the females. The female members of the colony... Read More