How to Extract Honey with the Smash and Drain Method
This post shows how to extract honey with the smash and drain method. Normally beginning beekeepers don’t rush out and buy a radial extractor. I know I wasn’t planning on it until I got some unexpected...
View ArticleBee Fondant Recipe
Bee fondant is basically a sheet of hardened sugar candy that is used as a backup food supply to tide your bees over until they can start bringing in their own food. If you are not greedy and leave the...
View ArticleEasy Mead Recipe
I don’t drink much, but I love making stuff, and one of the reasons I got bees was that I was intrigued about how you could take a material with natural antibiotic properties (honey) and make something...
View ArticleTip for Storing Honey Frames Before Extraction
Today I want to share a tip that has made my beekeeping life a little easier. As I go through my hives, and pull off capped frames of honey I want to make sure that I have enough frames to make it...
View ArticleHive Management: A Seasonal Guide for Beekeepers
The beekeeper’s year begins with a late winter hive inspection and ends with “putting the bees to bed” in the autumn. Richard Bonney believes that each beekeeping activity should be performed with an...
View ArticleBeekeeping: DIY Decapping Tub
While I have a rotary extractor, I mostly use smash and drain honey extraction techniques. I do this because i find it easier, I want the wax as much as the honey, and because using homemade...
View ArticleKitchen DIY: Melting Crystallized Honey
See larger image The Beekeeper’s Bible: Bees, Honey, Recipes & Other Home Uses The Beekeeper’s Bible is as much an ultimate guide to the practical essentials of beekeeping as it is a beautiful...
View ArticleKitchen DIY: Substituting Honey for Sugar
If you want to eat healthier, or use honey that you have produced yourself, the first thing you need to know is that the rules for sugar substitutions are more like guidelines. In general, substituting...
View ArticleTip for Storing Honey Frames Before Extraction
Today I want to share a tip that has made my beekeeping life a little easier. As I go through my hives, and pull off capped frames of honey I want to make sure that Read More ...The post Tip for...
View ArticleBook: Hive Management
The beekeeper’s year begins with a late winter hive inspection and ends with “putting the bees to bed” in the autumn. Richard Bonney believes that each beekeeping activity should be performed with an...
View ArticleGardening Tip: Scarifying Seeds
See larger image 50 Common Honey Locust Tree Seeds, Gleditsia Triacanthos Inermis The Common Honey Locust Tree is an excellent lawn tree for providing filtered shade. This tree can reach heights...
View ArticleWinemaking: Easy Mead Recipe
I don’t drink much, but I love making stuff, and one of the reasons I got bees was that I was intrigued about how you could take a material with natural antibiotic properties (honey) and make something...
View ArticleKitchen DIY: Melting Crystallized Honey
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View ArticleGardening Tip: Scarifying Seeds
Scarifying seeds refers to removing the protective coating that both protects the seeds and keeps them from germinating until the proper environmental conditions are present. Some seeds, like ginseng...
View ArticleWinemaking: Easy Mead Recipe
I don’t drink much, but I love making stuff, and one of the reasons I got bees was that I was intrigued about how you could take a material with natural antibiotic properties (honey) and make something...
View ArticleBeekeeping: DIY Decapping Tub
While I have a rotary extractor, I mostly use smash and drain honey extraction techniques. I do this because i find it easier, I want the wax as much as the honey, and because using homemade...
View ArticleKitchen DIY: Melting Crystallized Honey
Honey never spoils or goes bad, but it may crystallize. This is not a bad thing, as a matter of fact, some beekeepers intentionally cause their honey to crystallize and sell it as premium “creamed...
View ArticleKitchen DIY: Substituting Honey for Sugar
If you want to eat healthier, or use honey that you have produced yourself, the first thing you need to know is that the rules for Substituting Honey for Sugar are more like guidelines. In general,...
View ArticleGardening Tip: Scarifying Seeds
Scarifying seeds refers to removing the protective coating that both protects the seeds and keeps them from germinating until the proper environmental conditions are present. Some seeds, like ginseng...
View ArticleWinemaking: Easy Mead Recipe
I don’t drink much, but I love making stuff, and one of the reasons I got bees was that I was intrigued about how you could take a material with natural antibiotic properties (honey) and make something...
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