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How To Move A Colony of Bees

It is a difficult task to move a bee colony but it can be done It needs to be done in the Spring when the population of the colony will be smaller and the bees have time to prepare for winter. Here are two possible ways to move a honeybee colony that has established its self in a wall.

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Completely heal wounds, infections, rashes, even ulcers: Raw Honey

Raw honey is absolutely amazing at healing the most severe skin ailment, and even ulcer, better than modern medicine. It's power has been known for thousands of years, and scientific information on raw honey can be found easily. Sounds strange, but try it out!

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Plant a Bee Garden

Beneficial bees are necessary to the success of gardens, orchards, and farms, but their numbers are in decline around the world. A bee garden is a beautiful and fragrant way to lend a helping hand. ...

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The History of Bee Keeping

Beehives and beekeeping are of great antiquity, and the products of the bee were of an importance in earlier economies that we would hardly realize.  Prehistoric man was well acquainted with wild bees and...

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Miss Daisy's Quilting Bee

In many parts of the country, the old-fashioned quilting bee is a thing of the past. it is an activity many young people have only heard of, even in today's rurual communities. It has gone to keep company...

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Beginning Beekeeping

The decision of whether or not to keep bees is a personal one. Not everyone is cut out to keep small, stinging insects, even if they love honey. Bees require a lot of attention, especially if you're...

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Give bees a chance

About 2 years ago I saw a T -Shirt with a huge picture of a bee on the front and the words "give bees a chance" written all around it. . I thought it looked really 'cool' but the T-shirts were not available...

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What's killing the honey bees?

There are about 250,000 species of flowering plants on earth that require pollination. Wind, gravity, water, birds, bats and insects are the forces that accomplish pollination. This process accidentally...

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Beginning with Bees

All you ever wanted to know about starting to keep bees by someone who has (just) done it.

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How to Keep Bees: A Guide to Bee Keeping for Honey

Learning how to keep bees is becoming increasingly popular motivated by the opportunity to be a part of the miraculous process of producing honey. It may seem a little daunting at first taking up being a...

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