The comb attached to a top bar must be handled carefully so it doesn’t break away from the bar. These top bar beehive plans are simpler, less expensive and give bees a greater degree of freedom than ...

Beekeeping equipment is expensive, but it’s easy to make your own! In Build Your Own Beekeeping Equipment (Storey Publishing, 2013) Tony Pisano’s step-by-step illustrated instructions show you how to ...

In an effort to help make urban beekeeping a little easier for humans and a little more pleasant for bees, the folks at Beepods are bringing back a design that has been used for thousands of years.

Cave drawings show beekeepers “smoking” their hives, preparing for insect interaction. Today’s mass-produced honey relies mostly on the venerable Langstroth method of beekeeping, which has produced ...

Matt Reed swarmed into beekeeping just three years ago, joining the buzz of enthusiasts who keep these famously industrious insects in their backyards to pollinate their fruit and flowers and bring a ...