
PerfectBee Beekeeping Articles


Do my beehives need added insulation?

What is a “Candy Board”?

What is the best time of year to start beekeeping?

Where can I obtain bees for a beehive?
Beekeeping Advocacy
Involving Family and Friends in Beekeeping
Practical Guidance for The New Beekeepers
An Overview of Obtaining Bees for a Beehive
Preparing and Installing Your Beehive
Questions the New Beekeeper Should Answer First
Beekeeping Protective Clothing Overview
Tools for Beekeepers to Consider
Beekeeping With a Smoker
The Practicalities of Setting Up a Beehive
What Beekeepers Need
What Bees Need
A Practical Guide to Starting Beekeeping

Sectional Test 2.3: Starting Your Beehive

Sectional Test 2.2: Equipment and Clothing

Sectional Test 2.1: Beehives and Accessories

How to Feed Honeybee Colonies

Feeding Honeybees -What is “Ash Content”?

What to Feed Honeybee Colonies

When to Feed Honeybee Colonies

Tips for Installing New Honeybee Colonies
Your Beehive

Know where to source your bees? Think about that now!

Beekeeping equipment

Why Have More Than One Beehive?

Starting With Multiple Hives

What’s in Your Toolkit

Why to Store Frames

An Introduction to Feeding Honeybees

Marking a Queen Bee

A Guide to Beehive Entrance Management

The Debate Over Small Cell Beekeeping

Where to place a beehive

Beekeeping Myths for the New Beekeeper to Question

An Introduction to the Beehive Inspection

An Introduction to the Brood Nest

Capturing and Installing a Swarm of Bees

Contrarian Positions for New Beekeepers to Consider

Obtaining and Installing a Honeybee Nucleus Colony

Obtaining and Installing a Package of Honeybees
Beekeeping and Technology

Using Feeders with Your beehive
A Detailed Look At The Flow Hive Beehive

Foundation or Foundationless Beekeeping?

A Detailed Look at the Warre Hive

A Detailed Look at the Top Bar Hive
An Introduction to the Common Types of Beehives

A Detailed Look At The Langstroth Hive

The Use of Drone Frames To Combat Varroa

Purchasing and installing your bees

What Bees Need To Thrive In Your Location

When To Start a Beehive

Planning and purchasing your beehive

Buying bees

Your Beehive : Stage Summary

Perspective on feeding bees

Screen Bottom Boards Vs. Solid Bottom Boards: Which Is Better?

Equipment Choices For Beginner Beekeepers

Your New Beehive: The First Two Weeks

What to know about Warre hives

What to Know About Top Bar Hives

What to know about Langstroth beehives

A checklist for the new beekeeper

How and when to move a beehive

A beekeeper’s journey: Part 3 – Package bees or swarm?

A beekeeper’s journey: Part 2 – Locating the hive
