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Beehive Plans For Beekeeping On The Homestead | Homesteading

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March 13, 2025 By Riley E. Carlson 2 Comments

Beehive plans are essential to start beekeeping on your homestead. Do your part to save the bees by finding out how to give them a home! 16 Of The Best Beehive Plans To Make For Beekeeping Build your own beehive from these beehive plan ideas, and create a safe place for bees to live, and to harvest honey. Saving the bees means saving all the crops that come with them! In …Continue Reading

What’s Happening to the the Bees?!?

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March 12, 2025 By Lisa Loperfido Leave a Comment

We must save the bees! The bee population is declining, but our demand for bees and their amazing honey-producing & crop-pollinating ways is still rising! Here's one (of many) reasons why the bee colonies around the world are at risk. …Continue Reading

Mason Jar Beekeeping Step-by-Step Guide

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February 10, 2025 By Joanna Medalla 42 Comments

Mason Jar Beekeeping Step-by-Step Guide

Mason jar beekeeping is ideal for small spaces. With a little bit of research and planning, even a common suburban backyard can be a perfect place for honey bees to build hives. You'll just need a few supplies to get started: some wood, the bees, and, you guessed it, mason jars! There are many self-sustaining beekeepers these days. Perhaps, you'll be one of them! Check out this …Continue Reading

Honey Bees and Their Homes

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November 11, 2024 By Elaina Garcia Leave a Comment

Did you know that honey bees don't have origins in the United States? Instead, they're native to places like Italy, Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Indonesia, and several other tropical and subtropical climate regions. Despite this, it's definitely possible to make your honey bees feel right at home here in the States. Learning about different bee housing now means you can have happy …Continue Reading

Beginner’s Guide To Keeping Bees

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October 4, 2024 By Riley E. Carlson Leave a Comment

Ever thought of keeping bees in your homestead? Whether you're a hobby farmer, backyard beekeeper, or a homesteader wanting to begin a small business, it's pretty easy to learn the buzz on bees. Read on and I'll teach you the basics I’ve followed when I was just getting started with beekeeping. Getting Started With Keeping Bees In Your Homestead Keeping bees goes through the …Continue Reading

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