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Foundationless Frames (Foundationless Beekeeping Basics)
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Foundationless Frames (Foundationless Beekeeping Basics)

Foundationless frames are beehive frames with only a top bar starter strip for bees to begin drawing wax. Without a base, foundationless frames provide a more natural building space where bees can determine cell sizes on their own. However, foundationless frames require proper setup and handling to avoid potential problems.

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What Is A Queen Excluder?
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What Is A Queen Excluder?

A queen excluder is a metal or plastic grill serving as a selective barrier between hive boxes. Gaps in the grill permit passage of worker bees but not the larger queen and drones. An excluder placed above the brood nest prevents the queen from accessing the honey supers to lay eggs.

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What Does A Beekeeper Do? | Beekeeper Jobs
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What Does A Beekeeper Do? | Beekeeper Jobs

Beekeepers manage honey bees housed in hives as a hobby or commercially. Keeping bees healthy, beekeepers harvest bee products such as honey and beeswax, among other things, for their use or for sale. Seasonal needs and the objectives and scope of a beekeeping operation determine specific beekeeping tasks.

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Beekeeping 101 | Honey

Why Does Honey Crystallize? (Crystallized Honey Is A Good Thing!)

Over time, honey crystallizes or granulates, transforming from a thick, viscous liquid into a solid, gritty mass. Crystallization is a natural process that does not alter the elemental composition of the honey.

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Beehive Frames And Foundation (A Beginner’s Guide)
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Beehive Frames And Foundation (A Beginner’s Guide)

Beehive frames and foundation create a space where bees build wax comb to store food and raise brood. Rectangular frames hold a wax or plastic sheet of foundation embossed with hexagonal cells serving as a base for drawing straight comb.

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Recipes

How To Make Creamed Raw Honey – No Dyce Technique

If you are looking for a way to make creamed raw honey at home, this is the recipe for you. No need to use the Dyce Method and pasteurization.

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How To Make Creamed Honey – The Dyce Method

There are two primary methods of making creamed honey: the Dyce Method which pasteurizes honey and alternatively, a method that uses unpasteurized, raw honey. This recipe is for making creamed honey using the Dyce Method.

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What Is Honey? (A Guide For Beginning Beekeepers)
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What Is Honey? (A Guide For Beginning Beekeepers)

Although several insects make honey, it is mainly associated with the western honey bee, the most common species of honey bee used for honey production worldwide. So, what is honey?

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Fall Hive Management (Get Ready For Winter!)
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Fall Hive Management (Get Ready For Winter!)

Fall hive management focuses on preparing for winter. Winter losses are common and expensive. Follow this guide to help your bees survive until next spring.

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Managing Beehives In Summer
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Managing Beehives In Summer

Managing beehives in summer is mostly about assisting the bees in storing honey (for the bees and you) and dealing with some of the season’s extreme weather.

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