A honeybee research organization estimates as many as 1.6 million hives - more than half the country’s cultivated honeybee ...

Fixing steel nails in wooden bee boxes under a bare tree ... Mellifera produces 20 to 25 kg of honey per colony, while Apis Dorsata can yield 40 to 45 kg per hive. He warned that deforestation ...

Seeley found that bee hive hollows were very much alike. They were at least ten gallons in volume, sat at least 15 feet off the ground and had a narrow opening. Seeley built 252 wooden boxes of ...

While hobby farms continue to increase in popularity, beekeeping is a hobby that can require slightly more work and risk.

When people think of agriculture, they may not realize all the areas of food production it covers. One of these is apiculture ...

The four hives, plus several catcher boxes are positioned ... bees and reduce honey production. Some of these are insects, such as termites, hive beetles, weaver ants, bee hornets and wasps.

“At the time of writing the book, London had the most congested bee population ... bees and harvest honey, this is the hive I would have,” says de Thample. “Additional boxes can be added ...

Little to no bees were left when Bauer checked on his hives in late March. The beekeeper salvaged one colony of survivors from 60 others with 80,000 bees. He hopes the lone surviving colony will be ...