Learn how to care for a queen bee in a cage, how long she can live caged and care tips to keep her healthy before hive introduction.| Carolina Honeybees
Learn the ins and out of using bee brood boxes on beehives. What exactly is a brood box and how does its use play a role in hive management.| Carolina Honeybees
Learn how to buy a queen bee for your hive, including where to purchase, cost considerations, and tips for a successful introduction.| Carolina Honeybees
Learn about the role of the queen bee in a hive. Besides laying eggs, the queen honey bee maintains the social structure of the colony.| Carolina Honeybees
Learn the facts about honey bee eggs in the hive, their importance to colony survival and how to spot problems.| Carolina Honeybees
Learn how honey bees use pheromones to communicate, regulate hive activities, and maintain colony cohesion with chemical signals.| Carolina Honeybees
Discover the most common types of honey bees. Learn their advantages, disadvantages, and how to choose the best breed for your hives.| Carolina Honeybees
Learn how to identify the different types of bee brood in a beehive. This helps beekeepers evaluate the status of the colony.| Carolina Honeybees
Learn why bees kills their queen and how beekeepers can be proactive in noticing problems before the bees take action.| Carolina Honeybees
Learn what it means when you see queen cells in your honey bee colony. Honey bee colonies build these cells for different reasons.| Carolina Honeybees
Learning how to find the queen bee in your hive is a valuable skill. It takes a bit of practice but here are some important tips to help.| Carolina Honeybees
Does your hive have a good brood pattern or a bad one? Bad brood patterns are a sign of trouble brewing - act quickly to save the colony.| Carolina Honeybees
Learn how to recognize healthy honey bee larvae, their role in the hive, and tips for beekeepers to identify signs of good larval development| Carolina Honeybees
Learn the facts about drone honey bees: the role they play in the hive and why they are so important to colony survival despite doing no work.| Carolina Honeybees