The comb attached to a top bar must be handled carefully so it doesn’t break away from the bar. These top bar beehive plans are simpler, less expensive and give bees a greater degree of freedom than ...

Beekeeping equipment is expensive, but it’s easy to make your own! In Build Your Own Beekeeping Equipment (Storey Publishing, 2013) Tony Pisano’s step-by-step illustrated instructions show you how to ...

Cave drawings show beekeepers “smoking” their hives, preparing for insect interaction. Today’s mass-produced honey relies mostly on the venerable Langstroth method of beekeeping, which has produced ...

Unless you’re lucky enough to catch a swarm — not necessarily recommended for beginners — you’ll have to wait until next year to get a home hive going. Spend the months between now and next spring ...

Ruth Meredith is a gung-ho gardener and raising honeybees is a natural extension of that passion. "I enjoy providing habitat for the songbirds and butterflies, water gardens for the goldfish and ...