Category: Bee Hives & Habitats

The Langstroth beehive is the most common beehive in the United States. It is highly expandable, and each box holds eight to ten frames. High honey yields and easy expansion make it an excellent...

The Warré hive mimics a hollow tree and allows bees to build their combs naturally. It requires minimal maintenance and only annual heavy lifting. While it does not produce as much honey as other...

The most common types of beehives are the Langstroth hive, Warré hive, and Top Bar hive because of their ease of use, low maintenance, and price point. Other types of beehives include horizontal...

A bee nuc, or 'nucleus colony' is a small colony of bees that includes the queen, worker & drone bees, brood frames, honey frames, and some stored honeycomb. You can consider a bee nuc as a...

Bees typically swarm between mid-morning and mid-afternoon. Not to be confused with bee bearding, swarming is a coordinated task bee colonies use to expand their colony. Once the temperature begins...

Honey Bee habitats are all the elements needed to sustain a healthy colony of bees. From man-made hives, natural bee nests, gardens, meadowgrass, flowering plants, orchards, woodlands, water sources,...