How To Run A Queen Bank
Banking Queens at Foxhound Bee Company: Learn How We Store and Care for Queens in Our Beekeeping Practices for Beekeepers of All Levels.
Queens
Requeening A Hive
Table of Contents When having to requeen the hive, it can be a stressful situation for both the worker bees and the beekeeper. Many things can go wrong when a colony of bees decides to replace its queen with a new queen. When left to the bees to perform this task, usually the colony will …
What Happens When A Queen Bee Dies?
When a queen bee dies inside a colony, it can be difficult for the colony. While the queen bee isn’t the leader of a colony, she is responsible for its future. A colony of bees can survive when one of their worker bees or drones dies, but without the queen, a colony will eventually fail. …
Buying Queen Bees
Buying queens for your bees can be a little overwhelming, but as the beekeeper you have multiple options from queen cells to mated queens
How and Why To Mark Your Queen Bee
Marking queens is a very helpful skill for beekeepers, and beekeepers of all skill levels can mark their queens with the right tools. There are several reasons why marking queens is helpful.
Should You Use A Queen Excluder?
When, how and why to use a queen excluder is a common beginner beekeeper question and we can help you find out if a using one on your hive is right for you.
Queen Marking Colors
Beekeepers have been placing markings on honeybee queens for as long as queens have been raised. It may seem a bit strange to see it done. For the general public, it isn’t obvious. There are some excellent reasons to mark your queen. Like much of what we do in beekeeping, it is for the benefit …
What Is A Queen Cup?
So you have opened your hive up and you find all these things you don’t remember talking about in your beekeeping class. Right? That’s ok, you are not alone and we are happy to help. Are they queen cells? Are they swarming? Do I still have a queen? What was wrong with my old queen? …
5 Ways to Fix a Package Queen that Failed
Fixing a failed or dead queen in a beehive can be frustrating, especially when it is the queen in your newly purchased package of bees.
5 Tips to Keep your Package Bees from Leaving
It is pretty common for package bees to leave their brand new hive only days after being installed. It’s unfortunate, but this happens quite often to new beekeepers through no real fault of their own. Even though it happens frequently, there are some steps a beginner can take to reduce the risk of the new …