Do you get concerned, uncomfortable, and even wonder, why honey bees often buzz to a stop in distasteful places – animal urine, dung piles ..… even at the local latrine, Bog, Loo, Shi… that’s enough! … it’s natural imagine!! Trust me when I say, it’s normal and not a problem for the Bees to visit. …
Responses in Whatsapp Groups can often be simplistic ……and potentially …… dangerously misleading with serious consequences – look at this one! Beekeepers, Please Reflect! DO NOT just pick bees in a hive, from one county, and take them into another!!!! You could hurt the industry irreparably!!! While the uninstructed may argue there is no legal …
We recently received a great question, and beautiful photos, from a member of the Kilimo Bees WhatsApp group, in Kenya, Carol, a Beekeeper in Kitale, wrote to us asking… “I made some beeswax 👆using the cotton bag press method. After storing for some time I’ve noticed some whitish fluffy things developing in the wax. Any …
What is “B” – “Beewax Bloom” – Simon and Sons Beekeepers Vocabulary. Read More »
This is a good question, though not so obvious, yet one we often experience new beekeepers asking. Questions, framed in various forms including : Does the queen excluder go above the brood box or below it? I put the queen excluder above the inner cover, and then added the lid. Is that right? Ama niaje? What …
Bee Vocabulary – Queen Excluder – When to use it Read More »
Clearly, our Next-Generation Beekeeper had beaten me to it!!! I woke up to find this NextGenBeek, munching away at my breakfast …… of comb honey. I must admit, few things bring me closer to my bees than this nature’s perfect fast food—preserved, packaged, portion controlled, and ready-to-eat. …and so….. today, much as I had intended …
How NextGenBeekeeper changed Bee Vocabulary session Read More »
Amidst the chaos and excitement of elections – humans have so much to learn from Bees in order to smooth out our process of selecting a leader and even more interesting is the process of reaching consensus! Choosing a leader – The Bee Process. When it comes to choosing a leader, a queen assumes her …
Are you also having trouble sorting through all the conflicting beekeeping information? Do you experience the occasional difficulties in telling fact from fiction? If so, you are not alone. Here is a list of criteria I use myself: Be wary of advice containing the words “always” or “never.”Very few things in life are “black” and …
Weird! – that is the world of the honey bee! The importance of genes is nothing new to most of us. You certainly have heard of the importance of genes, how a mother and father each contribute their important element, and so on. Today, we accept, without question, that the mother contributes chromosomes from her …
Unique Fathers’ Day –Males with No Father Nor Sons – Honey Bees Read More »
If you are sensitive, easily offended, or a second- or third-year beekeeper, please DO NOT read this. ……Because …… During the just-concluded series of public holidays, I not only lapped up the opportunity and tied up a number of loose ends on various projects, in the beekeepers’ workshop, and apiary, but also set up another beekeeper …
Beekeeper Reveals – What I don’t know about bees would fill Honeypots Read More »
