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I just installed a package of bees. The bees have sat in the hive with caged queen for 4 days. The bees have to be around the queen for a...

I am going to split some of the hives that I have. Some of them are in medium frames (6 5⁄8 inches) that i want to use in deep (9 9⁄16...

I was so happy that I could on my bees suit and visit the bees! Its been a long winter and I am ready to get the spring started. I picked...

Its been a long winter. When you don't see any bees, you get worried. Ar they in there? Did they survive the winter? Are they clustered...

For those that know me, you know my passion for cooking. I realized the other day that I have never cooked anything at the World Head...

Its that time of the year to make improvements to the World Head Quarters of Gee's Bees. I need to level up some of the beehive stands....

Gee's Bees will have honey soon for sale.

I found this from 2013. The information is true in 2020 as it was in 2013 PROVIDENCE, RI (June 14, 2013) – One of every three bites of...

Virginia State Beekeeping Newsletter

If a beekeeper is extracting honey during the winter, there is something wrong, very wrong. I tried to extract the honey in my garage....

I went to check the hive that had the dead out to see what I could find inside. There was honey and some granulated sugar in the hive. I...

This was the week hive. In the spring and summer the hive was very active and seemed to be healthy. I checked it for mites and it was...

I am getting ready for the spring increases by building some nuc boxes. It was really cheap and easy to do. Just need some simple tools...

It was a warm enough day to open the hives for inspection. I had put some granulated sugar in the hives for winter feeding. We have not...

Just like us, bees like their house clean. They are very hygienic and like order. Unlike us, bees don't have to wash dishes, do laundry...

This hive was one of my strongest hives in the spring. I had noticed not much queen activity in the last inspections. I don't think there...

In the winter, bees have different food needs. We want to get the stores of honey as full as possible. We change the water to sugar ratio...

Para-Moth is used to help control wax moths in empty drawn comb. Para-Moth is NOT the same as Moth Balls! Do not use moth balls in you...

As the season changes so do the pests that beekeepers have to do battle with. Here is an example of wax moths. The moths lay eggs in the...

This is the hive that I relocated from Locust Grove, VA. There is usual activity at this hive. You can compare this hive to the ones that...

I had forgotten that I had this update. Forgive me it is out of order. The queen was out of the hive. I was able to locate her and put...

The last of the hives are being moved for the winter. I only had one hive. I figured that it would be best to move all the hives to one...

I combined 2 hives that were weak. They didn't seem "right". I saw no egg production and very little capped brood. I was worried about...