Langstroth Bee Hives

3 Important Facts About Having The Best Beekeeping Hive

3 Important Facts About Having The Best Beekeeping Hive

Article by Martin Broad
























Creating a solid hive for your bees is one of the most important areas of beekeeping. The hive will become the epicenter of all future activity for your bees and deciding on which type of hive you will have, as well as where you will place it, is vital to ensuring the happiness… Continue reading

The A, Bee, and Cs of Beekeeping!

The A, Bee, and Cs of Beekeeping!

Article by Val Wilson









Beekeeping, also known as apiculture, is mans way of imitating nature by maintaining real bee colonies in artificial constructed hives. Apiculture can be a full time business, a sideline offering, or even enjoyed as just a hobby. Beyond the obvious reward of honey, other great products like pollen, propolis, and beeswax can be collected and add to the beekeepers profits.

Beyond the products we get from the bees, their services… Continue reading

Understanding a Bee’s Living Quarters

Understanding a Bee’s Living Quarters

Article by Lance Murdoc

As most of a beekeeper’s activity centers around the hive, it is important to understand its ins and outs to make inspection and honey collection pain free for both you and your bees. Artificial hives have evolved over the years to make the beekeeper’s activities simpler and easier. In this article, we’ll be discussing some of the basic items of an artificial href=”http://simplebeekeepingguide.com/uncategorized/which-type-of-bee-hive-is-best-for-me”>bee hive and how to take care of them.

A hive called the “Langstroth” is probably the most common… Continue reading

Important Tips on Bee Hive Sizes

Important Tips on Bee Hive Sizes

Article by Lizzie Fisher

A bee hive is the habitat for bees. It is where bees build their colonies, produce their young, and make honey and beeswax. It serves as their shelter for security and protection. It is an enclosed structure composed of a matrix of hexagonal cells made of beeswax. There are also man-made structures of beehives which are very often in apiaries. These artificial beehives, made for bee enthusiast, are for honey production and pollination of nearby plants. These are transported for… Continue reading