OUR ADVENTURE in backyard beekeeping began in April, two and a half years ago. My husband, Dean, and I did some research on the Web, read “Beekeeping for Dummies” by Howland Blackiston and, with the ...

Whether you’re raising bees as a hobby or for a business, you’ll need the right beekeeping kit to start your hive. While beekeeping doesn’t require a ton of equipment, or even experience, it’s more ...

There are a lot of good reasons to have a few hives of honey bees around. For garden and orchard crops, honey bees provide the necessary pollination so there’s something to harvest at the end of the ...

When brother/sister duo Cecil and Cora Mae Gregg became entranced by beekeeping over the course of an idle summer, their parents encouraged them to get involved. With one caveat: they had to figure it ...