Steven's Bees

As mentioned before, I am managing a couple of hives for a fellow in Sutton, MA. I've been trying to come up with a name for the hives s...

As mentioned previously, I brought back the parts of a dead-out hive on Saturday. The top honey super had a bunch of black ants in it, so in...

I often cruise Craigslist looking for beekeeping items (really!), and saw this post: " Honey Bee Keeper for two hives - $1 " It ...

Before I get to the inspection, I wanted to show something I saw back on the 17 th . It was a rainy day, and the bees weren't out, but I...

It was a year ago today that I hived my first package of bees. Happy bee-versary to me (and the bees!). A lot has happened during my beeke...

One of the shows we like to watch at home is "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" We marvel at how people can be stumped by such s...

Bees like all creatures need water to survive. Water is consumed as part of their eating process, and also used to cool the hive in the summ...

One of the recurring themes of discussion / contention among beekeepers is not "paper vs. plastic" but instead "plastic vs. w...

It's just the beginning of the 2010 beekeeping season, and already I've come upon my first problem. Last Saturday during the inspe...

I frequent an on-line forum for beekeepers, and have learned a ton of information. There is a section of the forum dedicated to "alter...