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This colony of honeybees made themselves a new home inside this owl box. The “owl box” bees are one of my favorite memories as a
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There has been a lot of buzz about the recent colony losses. Backyard beekeepers normally lose around 50% of their colones each year-the main reason
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How long have you/your family/ancestors lived in Appalachia? I was raised on a 20 acre horse farm in a quiet country town in Loudoun County,
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I am often ask how to best support pollinators. I love this question and I decided to write this blog to help educate folks about
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Apparently I had a wax moth incubator in my kitchen the past three weeks that I was unaware of. I’d placed two empty frames in
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Let’s talk about smokers. When I first started beekeeping I felt bad about using a smoker. These are some of the things I heard: It