Interesting Research on Honey Bees

Great photos

Interesting and important research.

Go to:

http://www.scienceillustrated.com/nature/bees

A Local Website You Should Know About

Check out Wolf Creek Bees, located in Centerville TN.

Web site is at http://wolfcreekbees.com/home.htm

They have a recipe for fondant candy, organic treatments for bee diseases, and a helpful monthly calendar of beeyard chores, and other helpful stuff. Worth a look see.

USA Today Promotes Bee and Beekeeping

see for yourself at http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/story/2011-09-04/Beekeeping-can-supply-you-and-neighbors-with-honey/50244004/1?csp=Dailybriefing

Decent article--but I'm not sure that one pound of honeybees will be enough to get you started.

"Packages" of bees are generally three pounds.

Monthly Beekeeping Tasks: September

Monthly Beekeeping Tasks: September

 Thanks to our friends at Hivetool.com for the following which is specific to TN

Beekeeping Calendar of Management Practices: September
All tasks for the month

• Requeen colonies that you did not requeen in August or that rejected the introduced queen in August.  [Note: There are other options to requeening every year; you may keep queens for longer periods or requeen or let the bees create their own queen the spring.  Check your queen's laying pattern is the point - and then act as needed. lmnutt]
  
• Consolidate frames in supers that may have some empty space for storage of fall nectar flow.  [Note: You may extract fall honey but be sure to leave enough for the bees for the winter.  lmnutt]
  
• Fill supers with capped frames. Partially filled supers can be rearranged with empty frames in the center and the filled and capped frames on the outside.
• Remove and store under fumigation all empty supers of comb. [Note: Drawn comb frames can be stored in cold or under light- both which deter wax moths if you want to store your wax without the use of chemicals.  lmnutt]
  
• Replace all hive parts that need repairing or painting with reconditioned parts. Repair and painting can be done much better in the shop.