Beekeeping Articles

HoneyBees Guide presents articles geared especially for beginning beekeepers  interested in starting and maintaining a backyard beekeeping hobby or small business:  

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HoneyBeesGuide.com is written by Beeman, a seasoned beekeeper who used to  sell his bees' honey commerically and now keeps bees for personal enjoyment and backyard honey production.  

Every attempt has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information published on this site, but readers accept full responsibility for utilizing the site and implementing any ideas or methods contained within. 

Your feedback, suggestions and questions are welcomed, and may be used in a future "Ask Beeman" column on the site.

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Beekeeping Resources for Beginners and Pros

A backyard beekeeper works on his hive.

"The honey-bee that wanders all day long The field, the woodland, and the garden o'er, To gather in his fragrant winter store, Humming in calm content his winter song, Seeks not alone the rose's glowing breast, The lily's dainty cup, the violet's lips, But from all rank and noxious weeds he sips The single drop of sweetness closely pressed Within the poison chalice..."      ~The Lesson of the Bee 

The Honey Bees Guide website combines decades of professional and casual beekeeping expereince with careful research to bring you authoritative information on keeping honey bees, extracting honey, and all things related to  backyard beekeeping.  

But lest you take the beekeeping venture too seriously, a dose of humor and storytelling is sprinkled throughout our pages.

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Weekly Bee & Honey Tips

  • 10-19-2009

    Raw honey is used to treat allergies by some top allergists and doctors. 

  • 10-12-2009

    Honey is considered a natural antibiotic.

  • 10-05-2009

    Natural honey aids with digestion and stomach health.

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