May not be the correct headline... Marketing ideas for selling honey, candle, wine, mead, soap, etc. Licences, tips on selling honey... needs work Experience selling any of the above...

MAKING A WINTER CANDY BOARD FOR YOUR BEES The picture above is of a pot containing a boiling sugar/water solution with a candy thermometer and a long spoon. This is a hot (234 degrees) and...

Randy Oliver Mite Wash Video There is a sacrifice when alcohol washing for mites. Approximately 300 bees (cups worth) will have to volunteer for the wash. Losing these bees are well worth the...

This trapping frame method is of particular interest to beekeepers who do not want to use chemicals or miticides in their colony.  To accomplish this method, an isolator frame must be...

The reproductive phase of the mites takes place in the sealed worker or drone brood.  Brood attracts the mites and is used to trap them.   This method is known as a "shook swarm" in...

This method is a combination of biotechnical and chemical treatment. It is based on the fact that mites are located on adult bees when the brood is interrupted and absent from the colony. This is...