Beekeeping Basics

Bearding is a term referring to bees accumulating at the front of the hive, in a beard-like shape. Bees do this to make room inside the hive for ad...

A pollinator house is a home for solitary-nesting bees. Did you know that different species of bees have different nesting behaviours? Some bees li...

Catching a swarm of bees is one of the most joyous parts of beekeeping and it is an easy and free way to bolster your apiary! Read on to find out h...

In the height of summer, when temperatures are soaring, it's important to remember that bees (and all wildlife) need access to safe drinking water....

Why foundationless is fabulous If you are a new beekeeper, you might not have realised how wonderfully subversive it was to receive your Flow Hive ...

Every beekeeper needs to replace the queen in their hive at some point. This process is called ‘requeening’. There are many different reasons to re...

Spring is the perfect time to get started with a new colony. “Splitting” is a cost-effective way of establishing a new hive and one of the best gif...