Warre hive beekeeping

Using Honey Supers on your Warre Hive

What is the best beehive for beginners? Here are 6 secret to help you choose the best hive for happy bees and profitable beekeepers.

The WBC hive was designed in 1890 by William Broughton Carr. It is a double walled hive and is the iconic image of a hive, often painted white.

The result of 50 years of research, the Warre beehive is designed to mimic bees in nature as much as possible. We look at it's design and components, as well as the operational aspects of owning a Warre hive.

When we hear the term “ventilation” we often think of a source of fresh air. But ventilation is also a means of ridding the internal environment of excess heat, moisture, carbon dioxide, and airborne toxins and pathogens. Like any other animal, bees use oxygen and emit carbon dioxide and water vapor. The air containing these […]

Step into the future of beekeeping with the HiveHeater™ – the world's first passive solar beehive heater! Harnessing the power of the sun, our...

Chapter three in Milkwood is all about Natural Beekeeping, and how you can use a principles-based approach to keep bees at home - safe and well, in a range of hive designs.

Newcomer building custom warre hive - Page 2

One of our recent additions to POTE farm has been natural bee keeping. Since everything we do on our farm falls within organic standards it just seems to make sense that our bees would be natural too. Natural bee keeping is about learning to mimic what bees would naturally do. Natural bee keeping promotes stronger hives and healthier bees, which in turn will produce healthier and more resistant stock. This process involves changing the intent of the beekeeper from that of an exploiter and…

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Beekeeping with the Warré hive -- Sumps and other floor/stand modifications

Sam | More than Gardening on Instagram: "Let’s build a beehive!! Or should I say.. bee castle 😎🤠 We had so much fun building this hive and I can’t WAIT for my bee nuc to be ready in May! I want to try beekeeping for so many reasons but the top three are: 1. I want a more bountiful harvest in my garden 2. I want honey 3. And I want to learn! Have you considered beekeeping? Are you a beekeeper? Have any tips!? Let me know! 🤠 #beekeeping #beekeeper #homesteading #homestead #selfsufficiency…

Bowser Bee on Instagram: "Time to add the honey super on the Flow Hive #beekeeper #beekeeping #bees #beehive #honey #flowhive"

Sibylle Kempf from Germany gives her thoughts about the use of robber screens when helping the bees to develop Varroa resistance. The apiary above where the hives are very close to each other is no…

The Valkyrie long hive is a dream come true for beekeepers who want the best features for their honey bees but need to skip the lifting.

How to build an observation hive, how to stock an observation hive. How to make a year round observation hive. Build an 8 frame observation hive. Follow the development of an observation hive. See the queen, and fat drones; watch newbees emerge. Enjoy the views of my observation hive.