The Knowledge Hive

Well, you did it!You've researched beginner beekeeping until YouTube ran out of videos.You've figured out that a nail gun is easier than hammering together your boxes with nails or glue. You've overcome your fear of stings and you've sweated through the two layers of shirts under your bee jacket. You've avoided squishing the queen bee through all of your inspections (or did you not find her the whole time?) and you've marveled at how productive she's been. You've taken several hundred pictures (or gigabytes) of your flying girls and you're finally ready to take some HONEY! If you've declared that your...

BC Bee Supply will be ready to get its customers the finest bees from either local sources or imported in early Spring 2022. Each comes with a number of bees including a queen bee, and will generally be available in the springtime. Let us look at the pros and cons of each style of bee product after we define what to expect. 

BC Bee Supply is proud to carry its biggest selection of jars ever. What will you put your honey into? After the bees have converted their collected nectar into honey, beekeepers will typically come along and harvest some of that sweet, "liquid gold". Once extracted from the hive, there are many ways to bottle, store and package honey. Glass containers are often chosen because of the way honey looks in clear jars, the ease of filling and the re-usability of glass. BC Bee Supply sells its jars in sets of 12 or 24, depending on the size, and we always...

Anatomy 3 body segments Head Thorax Abdomen 2 pairs of wings = 4 wings total3 pairs of legs = 6 legs total The Three Types of Honey Bees Queen Gender: Female, “Mom bee” Number: Only 1 per hive - if there were ever two in the same hive, they would fight to the death! Appearance: Largest bee in the hive - very long abdomen, as it contains approximately 1 million eggs which she will lay in her lifetime. Also has very short wings, because she only leaves the hive once in her life. Job: Her job is to lay eggs; she...