Keeping Backyard Bees

Enjoy this video from MOTHER EARTH NEWS! Jessica and Q discuss the benefits of growing a pollinator-friendly garden! #pollinatorweek Link to POLLINATOR FRIENDLY GARDENING book:http://bit.ly/PollinatorBook   Thinking about starting your own apiary but don’t know where to begin? Find out how easy it is to become a backyard beekeeper at our Basics of Beekeeping workshop with Brushy Mountain Bee Farm! Friday, Sept. 14, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pa., in conjunction with the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR. Learn more and reserve your spot today.   https://www.motherearthnews.com/store/Offer/MMEPCIZ2

Join Russell Mullin as he walks through the steps of installing a package of bees into a horizontal Langstroth beehive.   Thinking about starting your own apiary but don’t know where to begin? Find out how easy it is to become a backyard beekeeper at our Basics of Beekeeping workshop with Brushy Mountain Bee Farm! Friday, Sept. 14, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pa., in conjunction with the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR. Learn more and reserve your spot today.   https://www.motherearthnews.com/store/Offer/MMEPCIZ2   Music: Sunshine to my Door by Martin Stirrup For more videos, check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Youtube channel. Find us on these other social networks: FacebookTwitterPinterest  

Join Russell Mullin and Kellsey Trimble as they discuss what Russell keeps in his beekeeper's toolbox and why. Thinking about starting your own apiary but don’t know where to begin? Find out how easy it is to become a backyard beekeeper at our Basics of Beekeeping workshop with Brushy Mountain Bee Farm! Friday, Sept. 14, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pa., in conjunction with the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR. Learn more and reserve your spot today.   https://www.motherearthnews.com/store/Offer/MMEPCIZ2 For more great videos check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends Youtube channel!   Find us on social media! FacebookTwitterPinterest

Join Russell Mullin and Suzanna Vazquez as they walk through the process of splitting a beehive.   Thinking about starting your own apiary but don’t know where to begin? Find out how easy it is to become a backyard beekeeper at our Basics of Beekeeping workshop with Brushy Mountain Bee Farm! Friday, Sept. 14, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pa., in conjunction with the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR. Learn more and reserve your spot today.  https://www.motherearthnews.com/store/Offer/MMEPCIZ2   For more great videos check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends Youtube channel!   Find us on social media! FacebookTwitterPinterest Music: A Stranger's Map of Texas by Chapman & The Woodpiles

Join Russell Mullin as he shows how to properly install a "bee hotel" for mason and leafcutter bees.   Thinking about starting your own apiary but don’t know where to begin? Find out how easy it is to become a backyard beekeeper at our Basics of Beekeeping workshop with Brushy Mountain Bee Farm! Friday, Sept. 14, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pa., in conjunction with the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR. Learn more and reserve your spot today. https://www.motherearthnews.com/store/Offer/MMEPCIZ2   For more videos, check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Youtube channel. Find us on these other social networks: FacebookTwitterPinterest 

In this episode, they discuss Emma's history with bees, a few cool stories, and how she manages her beekeeping while on the road.   Thinking about starting your own apiary but don’t know where to begin? Find out how easy it is to become a backyard beekeeper at our Basics of Beekeeping workshop with Brushy Mountain Bee Farm! Friday, Sept. 14, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pa., in conjunction with the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR. Learn more and reserve your spot today. https://www.motherearthnews.com/store/Offer/MMEPCIZ2   Emma Arnold's Website Emma's Tour   Learn more about beekeeping from Keeping Backyard Bees!  Check out their Free Newsletter! Get hands-on with bees at the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR!

Watch as Editor Russell Mullin captures a swarm. Swarms take place when a hive has grown too large and splits in two. Then, a queen leaves the original hive with a number of worker bees.   Thinking about starting your own apiary but don’t know where to begin? Find out how easy it is to become a backyard beekeeper at our Basics of Beekeeping workshop with Brushy Mountain Bee Farm! Friday, Sept. 14, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pa., in conjunction with the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR. Learn more and reserve your spot today. https://www.motherearthnews.com/store/Offer/MMEPCIZ2   This video was shared to us from the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Youtube Channel! Swarms don’t stay like this for very long, so if you’re interested in capturing one, you may only have a day or two at the most. The MOTHER EARTH NEWS YouTube channel is your go-to source for videos about sustainable living. Find tutorials on everything from indoor seed starting and knot tying to chicken processing and butter churning. Virtually attend presentations from our popular MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIRs. (https://www.motherearthnewsfair.com/) Get to know our sharp (and fun-loving!) staff. We're proud to be the most popular and longest running magazine on sustainable living in the world, and we hope you enjoy getting to know us. Subscribe to our channel today! (https://www.youtube.com/user/MotherEarthNewsMag) Find us on these other social networks: Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/motherearthnewsmag)Twitter (https://twitter.com/MotherEarthNews)Pinterest (http://pinterest.com/motherearthnews/)

In this episode, Charlotte and Russell meet with Mary Miller and Helen Schnoes from the Douglas County Food Policy Council.  They have worked tirelessly to create agricultural regulations in Lawrence Kansas that both encourage and protect urban farming, including keeping bees.    Thinking about starting your own apiary but don’t know where to begin? Find out how easy it is to become a backyard beekeeper at our Basics of Beekeeping workshop with Brushy Mountain Bee Farm! Friday, Sept. 14, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pa., in conjunction with the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR. Learn more and reserve your spot today. https://www.motherearthnews.com/store/Offer/MMEPCIZ2

In this episode, Becky Tipton and Hank Will discuss how they make a profit on their homestead.  their expertise explores keeping bees, gardening, and livestock.   Thinking about starting your own apiary but don’t know where to begin? Find out how easy it is to become a backyard beekeeper at our Basics of Beekeeping workshop with Brushy Mountain Bee Farm! Friday, Sept. 14, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pa., in conjunction with the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR. Learn more and reserve your spot today. https://www.motherearthnews.com/store/Offer/MMEPCIZ2

In this Classic Episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and FRIENDS, Becky and Steve Tipton meet with Charlotte and Robert to teach them about the different methods of harvest honey and what makes hive product so extraordinary!    Thinking about starting your own apiary but don’t know where to begin? Find out how easy it is to become a backyard beekeeper at our Basics of Beekeeping workshop with Brushy Mountain Bee Farm! Friday, Sept. 14, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pa., in conjunction with the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR. Learn more and reserve your spot today. https://www.motherearthnews.com/store/Offer/MMEPCIZ2

Enjoy this classic podcast episode from MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends!  In this episode, Hilary Kearney of Girl Next Door Honey teaches Zach and Charlotte about catching a swarm.  She also goes into detail about her business as a beekeeper!    Thinking about starting your own apiary but don’t know where to begin? Find out how easy it is to become a backyard beekeeper at our Basics of Beekeeping workshop with Brushy Mountain Bee Farm! Friday, Sept. 14, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pa., in conjunction with the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR. Learn more and reserve your spot today. https://www.motherearthnews.com/store/Offer/MMEPCIZ2

This podcast episode was proudly sponsored by MOTHER EARTH NEWS!  Are you considering keeping bees? In this episode of MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends podcast producer Robert Riley sits down with Master Beekeepers Becky and Steve Tipton, and Ethnobotanist Dawn Combs, who is a veteran in the realm of "natural beekeeping". These experts share their knowledge and discuss differences to help Robert and other beginners get up and going with their own colonies. Robert, Becky, Steve, and Dawn help prepare you for this upcoming adventure by covering bee species, swarming, pollinator-friendly plants, when to smoke your bees, tools of the trade, and much more. If you are an experienced beekeeper you may even learn a new technique.   Thinking about starting your own apiary but don’t know where to begin? Find out how easy it is to become a backyard beekeeper at our Basics of Beekeeping workshop with Brushy Mountain Bee Farm! Friday, Sept. 14, at Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pa., in conjunction with the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR. Learn more and reserve your spot today. https://www.motherearthnews.com/store/Offer/MMEPCIZ2     Follow the links below for topics mentioned in the podcast that may have piqued your interest: Beginning Beekeeping: What You Need to Know to Get StartedCommon Winter Beekeeping ProblemsNatural Beekeeping in Your BackyardUrban Beekeeping: Be a Backyard Beekeeper Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Bookstore for more beekeeping resources! To listen to more podcasts, visit MOTHER EARTH NEWS and Friends! Check out the MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIR page for an opportunity to see our podcast guest live!