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For interested backyard beekeepers, orders are now live for this year's shipment of honey bee varieties from the Great Lakes ...

Honeybees are important pollinators of many flowering plants. The best time to start a new hive is in the spring. When you’re ready to start beekeeping, you can purchase the bees by mail order. These ...

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Last Christmas, Mike Chandler surprised his wife with an out-of-the-ordinary gift - two beehives. He did some homework and built the top bar hives, a wooden cradlelike box design. In April, another ...

Backyard Beekeepers are installing their hives in increasing numbers this year, right in town and all around Sonoma County. Already, reservations have been made for double the amount of bees and hives ...

Here are tips for getting started in backyard beekeeping: All beekeepers must register their hives with the state of Ohio and pay a $5 fee. Information is available on the Greater Cleveland Beekeepers ...

In recent years, as urban gardening has become popular during the COVID-19 pandemic, backyard beekeeping has gained traction as well. While many people may think of beekeeping as a quirky hobby, ...

There are thousands of bee species that are divided into two basic groups: honeybees, introduced to America by European colonists, and native bees. Beekeepers manage various strains of domesticated ...