beekeeping

I have been debating getting into bees for several months now. I have a good friend that is guiding me through my newbee endeavor. The holdup was getting my wife to agree to it. She is scared to get stung, so I assured her they would bee placed somewhere way out out her way. She signed off on it...

I’ve had this hive for three years without having worked on it once. My aunt had been volunteering to harvest it twice during the past couple of years. I’d really like to take a crack at it, but I’m pretty scared about it. The trouble is that it’s in such a tight space. I know the routine of...

My mother and I live here on 10 acres close to the river in front Royal Virginia. We are interested in getting a small flock of chickens to raise for eggs mostly and for meat as well. We would like to get some rabbits and also a couple of beehives for our property. Any pointers for any of this...

I thought this was an interesting article out of the Old Farmer’s Almanac 2019. Telling The Bees A swarm of facts, folklore, and traditions By Tim Clark For thousands of years, human beings have shared a special bond with bees. Bees are not truly domesticated; their relationship with humans...

Looking for somebody with beekeeping experience. I've been considering keeping bees and I just moved to a new home that backs up to a marsh (however, it is in a neighborhood), so it seems like a good opportunity to get started. - I've been told/read that you do not need a lot of land to keep...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Pretty new. We started with (5) RIR in May of 2016. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? (6) RIR (3) Buff Orpingtons (2) Silver Laced Wyandottes (1) Delaware (1) Americauna/RIR mix (1) Wheaton Maran (4) Maran babies that we...