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Installing a Hive Top Feeder Sponsored By: Brushy Mountain Bee Farm Hive Top Feeders are a great resource to help feed your bees, even during the start of the winter months. Learn how easy it is to set up and utilize.

Household Uses for Honey Shared from MOTHER EARTH LIVING The sweet nectar of honey is a treasured food for many. And while it tastes great, many also know that it has a seemingly endless list of medicinal benefits, including relieving coughs, soothing burns, treating cuts and much more. Use this wonderful tool to effectively heal […]

Please enjoy July’s Video to Buzz About!   Please enjoy this video of a lecture given by Jamie Ellis at the 2014 National Honey Show entitled “Addressing the Sustainability of Beekeeping in the 21st Century”.

Catching a Swarm Sponsored By: Brushy Mountain Bee Farm Shane Gebauer, president of Brushy Mountain Bee Farm, demonstrates how to capture a bee swarm with the Hipps Swarm Retriever and install it in a super. Knowing how to catch a swarm is important both for capturing new swarms you want to add to your beekeeping […]

Join beekeepers Becky Tipton, Dawn Combs, Robert Riley, and Steve Tipton as they discuss their different beekeeping methods and what they can suggest to a beginning beekeeper. To hear more podcasts from MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends, click here.

Feeding Weaker Hives If you have several colonies of bees in your yard, feeding a weaker hive during a dearth can set off robbing – which can totally wipe out weaker hives. One solution is to use an “open feeder”. This is a super easy DIY project and all you need is a plastic pail […]

Honey Corn Cakes 1/4 cup honey 2 cans (15.25 ounces each) whole kernel corn, drained 3 eggs 1 cup flour 1/2 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt Combine all ingredients. Heat skillet lightly coated with olive oil to medium temperature. Pour 1/3-cup portions of mixture into skillet, and cook for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes […]

Slow Roasted Vidalia Onions With Honey, Lemon, and Rosemary Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 1 hour 45 minutes 2 teaspoons vegetable oil 4 Vidalia onions, peeled and cut in half 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 2 tablespoons honey 1 lemon 1 sprig rosemary Heat heavy bottom sauté pan. Add Vidalia onions cut side […]

Baked Peaches Recipe with Honey and Almonds Serves 8 Ingredients: 4 tablespoons butter 4 peaches halved, cored, and skinned 8 tablespoons skinned almonds 8 tablespoons honey Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place butter in bottom of casserole and melt butter. Place peaches core-side up in baking dish. In a small bowl, combine almonds and honey. […]

Honey Almond Brickle 6 tablespoons unsalted butter 3/4 cup honey (such as Eucalyptus, Wildflower or other assertive honey*) 2 cups slivered almonds 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons heavy cream In a heavy-bottomed saucepan, melt butter and honey over medium-high heat. Add almonds and stir constantly for 8 to 10 minutes. The almonds […]

Learn about three different varieties of pests in the beehive and how to deal with them effectively.

This refreshing cocktail uses a simple syrup made of honey that is simple to make indeed! No mead needed.

Guest post by Dana Harris The benefits of keeping bees are countless, starting from the valuable products bees produce all the way to the fact that they contribute to keeping the ecosystem balanced. These small hard-working creatures play an important role in pollinating the flowers and crops without which we wouldn’t have many of the […]

Did you know one healthy hive will make or consume more than 50 kg of honey in a single year? But how is it made, exactly? You may be surprised to learn, it involves kind of a lot of vomit.

The drastic decline of the honey bee population is a crisis that is being felt worldwide. Our greatest pollinators are in trouble. Since the introduction of neonicotinoid-containing pesticides, honey bee loss has reached a record high.