"Essentially" Keeping Bees
Using Essential Oils for Hive Health In this article I want to address using essential oils as a natural approach to protecting the...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Feb 1
- 1 min
What can propolis do for you?
I don't believe in being wasteful. When I have an opportunity to use all the benefits of a beehive, including honey, wax, propolis...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Jun 20, 2022
- 2 min
Honey Suckers
All natural made with CPTG Essential Oils from doTERRA Give a sweet treat to the amazing people in your life. These homemade suckers can...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- May 3, 2022
- 2 min
No Mow May, how can you help?
Are you obsessed with your lawn? I know for many home owners having a perfectly manicured lawn is top on the list when the warm weather...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Feb 10, 2022
- 1 min
2022 SPRING BEE PACKAGES
The time is here to check your apiary and assess hives. Determine if you will be splitting overcrowded colonies, replacing dead outs or ...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Dec 2, 2021
- 1 min
7 Unique Health Benefits of Honey
: https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/benefits-of-honey?utm_medium=email&utm_source=email-share&utm_campaign=social-sharebar-referred-de...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Oct 21, 2021
- 3 min
Can Bees Learn?
Can Bees Learn? Excerpted from: Bees learn better when they can explore. They can learn faces, add and subtract and even process the...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Aug 30, 2021
- 1 min
Why Is My Honey That Color?
Have you ever wondered why honey is the color it is or why there is such a range of colors? I get emails from Wisconsin Pollinators,...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Apr 30, 2021
- 2 min
Prime Real Estate...
Who doesn't want a prime piece of land for a homestead? Your beehives should be placed in the best spot possible but if there is no...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Mar 3, 2021
- 1 min
SPRING INTO ACTION!
Since spring is just around the corner! I wanted to share this list of flowers to seed or directly plant in your garden. These flowers...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Dec 14, 2020
- 1 min
HONEY COOKIES
Recipe from the Bee Club at the Mequon Nature Preserve 2/3 cup vegetable oil 1 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup honey 1 egg 1 teaspoon...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Sep 16, 2020
- 2 min
September and the Beekeeper
Golden Rod and Asters are the last blooms of the season for bees to stock up their winter stores. This is the time you will finish up...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Aug 27, 2020
- 1 min
HARVESTING HONEY ONE FRAME AT A TIME!
Hello beekeeping friends, I hope you all are having a very successful year! Some of you may already know how we harvest our honey. I...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Jun 25, 2020
- 2 min
Pollinator Week
This was an email sent to me from “HIVE TRACKS”. Hive Tracks has an app that you can download to your phone for when you do hive...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Jun 18, 2020
- 2 min
Swarm
Yesterday afternoon Jack and I received a call that an apartment complex here in Pleasant Prairie had a swarm of honeybees hanging out on...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- May 22, 2020
- 3 min
Life Cycle Of The Honey Bee
The honey bee's life cycle can be broken down into eight stages: An egg is laid. The egg hatches. The larva is fed. The cell is sealed....
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- May 15, 2020
- 1 min
Hive Check
I’ve installed my new bees. Now what? Make sure you’re feeding your colony 1-1 ratio of sugar and water, they will go through it rather...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- May 2, 2020
- 1 min
Kombucha!
Anytime I have a chance I like to try making things. Shampoo bars, lotions, scrubs, tinctures and salve, among other things. Talking to...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Apr 14, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Bee Packages
We are still taking orders for bee packages. If you are interested please fill out and mail the order form as soon as possible. Our...
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Garden Honey Apiaries
- Jan 26, 2020
- 1 min
#getyourbees2020 #gardenhoneyapiaries
Time to think about bee packages again! I know, it seems like yesterday we were out harvesting our hives, but the time for installation...
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