Honey Bee Winter Survival & Natural Tree Hollows
Here we have very cold winters. The gold standard of wintering in climates with cold winters is what honey bees themselves have relied upon for thousands of years – a well insulated bee nest in a natural tree hollow. A Beehive that closely mimics a natural tree hollow that bees tend to choose for their […]
Honey Lasts Forever?! Pyramids, Bees & a 3,000-Year Myth: What Was REALLY in that Jar? Myth Busted!
Honey Lasts Forever?! Pyramids, Bees & a 3,000-Year Myth: What Was REALLY in that Jar? Myth Busted! You’ve probably heard the claim: Honey never spoils — archaeologists even found jars of honey in Egyptian tombs and it was still edible!’ This story is repeated everywhere… even by the Smithsonian. This claim was even […]
Is your Honey Alive with Enzymes or Dead?
Honey Lasts Forever?! Pyramids, Bees & a 3,000-Year Myth: What Was REALLY in that Jar? Myth Busted! You’ve probably heard the claim: Honey never spoils — archaeologists even found jars of honey in Egyptian tombs and it was still edible!’ This story is repeated everywhere… even by the Smithsonian. This claim was even […]
Beehive Rescue Mission – Dump & Swap Method
Beehive Rescue Mission – Dump & Swap Method When a bee colony fails to raise a queen after a split, laying workers can take over—and that usually means trouble. In this short, I share how I rescued a queen-less hive full of laying workers using the old “dump and switch” method. ✅ This approach saved […]
Bees + Pure Nature + Real Honey
Bees + Real Nature + Real Honey The Birds and The Bees – Natural Refuge at EarthSong Conservation Area in Central Maine • See how a 600-acre sanctuary in Central Maine nurtures both the disappearing birds and honeybees—completely chemical-free, sugar-free, and plastic-free. 🍯🐝🦜 • See how diverse meadows, forests, and clean streams provide pesticide-free forage from spring […]
Beekeeping or Bee Hosting? Bees & Forest B&B
Beekeeping or Bee Hosting? Bees & Forest B&B Welcome to another update from my ForestBeehive apiary—this time from a newly relocated horizontal Layens hive now nestled in the heart of EarthSong Wildlife Protection Area in Somerville, Maine. Surrounded by almost 600 acres of wild meadows and untouched habitat, this is ideal natural forage country for […]
Water, Minerals and the taste of Honey – Duplicate – [#6188] – Duplicate – [#6258]
Water, Minerals & the Taste of Honey You probably already knew that the honey bees collect not just nectar but water as well. But did you know that the quality of the bees’ primary water source directly affects the quality and taste of their honey? The honeybees that collect clean water and unpolluted natural nectar […]
If Beekeeping=Agriculture, shoud you treat Bees like Cattle??
If Beekeeping=Agriculture, should Bees be treated like Cattle?? Rev. Langstroth, who in 1850s invented conventional vertical multi-box beehive, was a congregational minister who advocated for a “dominion of man over bees”. Langstroth shared the prevailing philosophy of the 1800s, that Man’s mission was to control, dominate and subjugate nature rather than live in harmony with […]
100% Naturally Foraged Honey vs Conventional Honey. Taste & Health Benefits
100% Natually Foraged Honey vs Conventional Honey. Taste & Benefits This Maine wilderness honey came mostly from woodland asters and silver rods that bloom in abundance in the fall in our remote woodlands of Maine. At our ForestBeehive apiary, we are far removed from agricultural and agricultural & industrial pollution, and our bees are […]
Wintering USDA Russian bees in Maine
Wintering Russian Bees in Maine In this video you’ll see how I help my USDA Russian bees overwinter in Maine. In neighboring Vermont, Kirk Webster, a long-time commercial treatment-free beekeeper also keeps Russian bees for the last 20 years. Kirk Webster says that the Russian Bees are still “the best primary source of breeding stock […]