Beek Keeping
Get Started With BeeKeeping In The Spring
Spring is one of the busiest times of year to start beekeeping or check on your current beehives. This is when you start new colonies and establish what colonies made it through the winter season. Spring is finally here! We have had a long cold winter this year, and now that spring weather is here…
Read MoreCelebrate Spring With These Two Recipes
Even though we are still getting a few snow flurries here and there, it is officially spring. While we enjoy the longer days, warmer weather and the start of blooming flowers in New England it get us at Best Bee Savvy excited about honey season and working with the bees. To celebrate the tasty treat…
Read MoreHow To Setup Your Own Beehives [VIDEO]
Have you ever thought about keeping bees? Bees are great garden helpers that will improve yields of gardens and orchards, and as a bonus, they’ll pay you back with sweet honey! In this video, Tricia goes over the process of starting and setting up the hive. Buy Bee Supplies: http://www.groworganic.com/homestead/… Watch More Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/groworganic …
Read MoreExtracting Beeswax From The Hive For Our Salve
Bees are amazing creatures that produces honey galore, but what about the wax? Honey is stored int he comb and the caps on cells that are used to retain it are made of beeswax. With a little effort it is possible to extract this amazing substance which we use in our salve. Here are some…
Read MoreBee Support and Preventing Swarms
I love this time of year when the dandelions are out and my bees are springing into action! I check on them frequently to see if things are buzzing along smoothly and to make sure the brood are healthy and multiplying. This is the time of year, at the beginning of our warm seasons, for…
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