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The bees are shipped in a cage clustered around a caged queen. The queen is typically unrelated to the bees, so the cage creates a barrier between the bees and the queen. Packages are usually shipped in the spring from regions of mild winter climates to areas that have more severe winters. [4]
A hive tool is a handheld multipurpose tool used in maintaining and inspecting beehives.Hive tools come in multiple variants and styles, and is intended as an all-in-one tool for beekeepers.
During hot weather, bees cool the hive by circulating cool air from the entrance through the hive and out again; [72] and if necessary by placing water, which they fetch, throughout the hive to create evaporative cooling. [73] In cold weather, packing and insulation of the bee hive is believed to be beneficial. [74]
A bee keeper offers tips for gardeners.
Carpenter bees seek wood, especially untreated, unpainted, or unstained wood. To prevent a carpenter bee infestation, make sure any wood on the exterior of your home is properly painted, treated ...
Some southern U.S. beekeepers keep bees primarily to raise queens and package bees for sale. Northern beekeepers can buy early spring queens and 3- or 4-pound packages of live worker bees from the South to replenish hives that die out during the winter, although this is becoming less practical due to the spread of the Africanized bee.
Donald Trump mocked Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over his top minister’s surprise resignation — after the pair clashed on how to handle the president-elect’s looming tariffs.
In beekeeping, a winter cluster is a well-defined cluster of honey bees that forms inside a beehive when the air temperature dips below 10 to 14 °C (50 to 57 °F). Honey bees are one of only a few kinds of insects that survive the winter as a colony. As the outside air temperature decreases the winter cluster becomes tighter and more compact.