Southern Ontario, Canada. Second year keeper I have two deeps of brood, and two deeps of honey, and the whole thing is full of bees. I missed the boat for splitting the hive earlier as I didn't realize this was something you should do. I thought it was more an 'if you want to' kind of thing...

Why the fuss over bees? Is the U.S. in the midst of a bee-pocalypse? The science says no. Bee populations in the U.S. and Europe remain at healthy levels for reproduction and the critical pollination of food crops and trees. But during much of the past decade we have seen higher-than-average...

Hi Everyone, I'm an old worker-bee who "grew up" (Hah!) on a farm in the Pacific NW and we had stacks of hives brought to our property each year. I loved the bees and would often stand a-midst them just to bee there and to watch and listen. I just completed a two day course in the basics of...