https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog daily 0.75 2023-12-24 https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2023/12/24/should-i-wrap-my-hives-for-winter monthly 0.5 2023-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/815426df-8300-4249-8afc-1ee26d25c985/PXL_20231223_220611196.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Should I Wrap My Hives for Winter? - Make it stand out My experimental setup using bubble wrap insulation around the core section of my hives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/3a21e7dc-d36a-4cdb-94ec-fe16aae5d286/PXL_20231223_213843200.MP.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Should I Wrap My Hives for Winter? - Make it stand out Insulation cut into strips to cover my single deep, single medium hive boxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/c4f7ad72-5846-4cda-b395-8c88ada8f66d/PXL_20231223_211727857.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Should I Wrap My Hives for Winter? - Make it stand out A roll of double-sided foil bubble wrap insulation https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2023/1/2/can-hobby-beekeepers-make-money monthly 0.5 2023-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/7b0983d0-bc5a-4f06-9c72-44f3f2c60520/PXL_20220801_231551378%7E2.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Can Hobby Beekeepers Make Money? - Make it stand out Bottling supplies make up a non-trivial portion of beekeeper expenses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/f2989e9b-cb41-4262-bfe4-a19ceec6f437/PXL_20230102_154506562.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Can Hobby Beekeepers Make Money? - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/dd3e2f51-7932-4a87-b9cf-9764f81c1299/PXL_20221118_215811549.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Can Hobby Beekeepers Make Money? - Make it stand out Beekeeping supply stores and local clubs are good places to compare prices for bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/79c906a2-1683-4313-a234-f725a519faec/PXL_20220908_183800834.PORTRAIT%7E2-01.jpeg Bee Yard Blog - Can Hobby Beekeepers Make Money? - Make it stand out Maybe someday the world will go bonkers for jewelweed honey like it did for manuka honey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/c9e5604c-7023-4aef-98cc-0f3664a1cdfc/PXL_20220101_210155342.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Can Hobby Beekeepers Make Money? - Make it stand out Sending out free wildflower seeds is one way I engage with the community https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/69c18c29-6b52-45a0-9daf-581e86a03774/PXL_20221106_183420441.PORTRAIT-01.jpeg Bee Yard Blog - Can Hobby Beekeepers Make Money? - Make it stand out This is how much honey a worker bee makes in her lifetime. It takes a lot of bees’ lives to make a pound of honey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/bc3459d5-4e32-4c8b-89a9-1069f739b7b0/original_7ad49635-10c8-443f-8f92-14bc659e35e8_PXL_20221016_214903331.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Can Hobby Beekeepers Make Money? - Make it stand out Thousands of dollars worth of woodenware https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/78a07cb7-31e0-44a5-b740-86ab46aaee90/PXL_20221017_225856703.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Can Hobby Beekeepers Make Money? - Make it stand out Pest management never ends https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2022/6/18/the-impossible-task-of-putting-on-gloves-with-sweaty-hands monthly 0.5 2022-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/cf49a585-9130-4bde-89ee-accf37e2815f/PXL_20220612_182842967.jpg Bee Yard Blog - The Impossible Task of Putting on Gloves with Sweaty Hands - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/5125f496-5029-4baf-a53a-80e2613d1a76/PXL_20220514_192605874.jpg Bee Yard Blog - The Impossible Task of Putting on Gloves with Sweaty Hands - Make it stand out I use baby powder to easily slip on nitrile gloves in the bee yard https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2022/4/17/habitat-habitat-habitat monthly 0.5 2022-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/83cc7e6e-e11e-4a3a-b49c-223bf7111f1c/220417_seed_collection.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Habitat, Habitat, Habitat - Make it stand out Once you’ve established a habitat, collecting and sharing seeds can be a good way to positively impact a larger area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/360b5d99-b55a-4cf3-a3e8-05dcbc966a40/220417_Goldenrod.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Habitat, Habitat, Habitat - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/516aac0e-320b-4fab-a6d9-4e117d8a2e87/220417_Wasp_on_Fragrant_Sumac.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Habitat, Habitat, Habitat - Make it stand out A metric paper wasp foraging wild-growing fragrant sumac https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2021/12/5/best-gifts-for-beekeepers-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-12-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/2200e11c-17b5-4c5f-bc32-fe28c53be498/wood_glue.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2021 - Make it stand out Wood glue is great for hive assembly and also for reducing small hive beetle infestations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/2d2f6dd2-bae9-4329-96b5-f8b383c33cd5/frame_jig.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2021 - Make it stand out This old Brushy Mountain frame jig is like having an extra set of hands for assembling bee frames https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/0da5c469-b0e6-4930-b921-4655236fe441/bucket.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2021 - Make it stand out I write “Honey” on my food-grade buckets so I know these are only to be used for storing honey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/ad43169e-e88a-41cd-af69-f0c6e74d5c31/top_photo.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2021 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/bfaa8ca6-7f41-431f-94e3-a824180a5727/swarm_trap.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2021 - Make it stand out A “flower pot” swarm trap mounted in a tree near my bee yard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/2ae11b49-69a5-415d-ad14-b2475dd68938/trowel2.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2021 - Make it stand out This American-made garden trowel has stood up to serious abuse on our rocky property https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2021/9/26/why-i-like-seeing-mites-in-my-hives monthly 0.5 2022-04-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1632665537054-HWD9LWGAIUA8IFSTOM0D/Mite_Levels_in_Hive3.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Why I Like Seeing Mites in My Hives - Make it stand out A lack of mites in this hive was a warning sign https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1632664899452-YKTJH611XCM498993FU9/PXL_20210919_182626730.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Why I Like Seeing Mites in My Hives - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1632668276097-DV3AYCIJN5RMNCK82HC5/PXL_20210919_182224984.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Why I Like Seeing Mites in My Hives - Make it stand out Counting mites after an OAV treatment https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2021/7/31/how-to-extract-honey monthly 0.5 2023-06-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1627740370850-6VUB8UOXJV3VSNS26C32/210731_Fat_Frame_of_Honey.jpg Bee Yard Blog - How to Extract Honey - Make it stand out A frame of summer honey about to burst at the seams https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1627735380731-5SCO4TI6BHEPOHEB82Y1/210731_Honey_Extraction_Setup.jpg Bee Yard Blog - How to Extract Honey - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1627740637085-NK6P89GVGIOYDH4ZQ93J/210731_Freezer.jpg Bee Yard Blog - How to Extract Honey - Make it stand out This deep freeze is dedicated to beekeeping use, and holds seven full honey supers at a time https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1627738546193-OFL5GCAOU1HR4A39UHEC/210731_Chunk_Honey.jpeg Bee Yard Blog - How to Extract Honey - Make it stand out A couple jars of chunk honey—one filled and one empty https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2021/6/13/knowing-when-to-pull-honey-supers monthly 0.5 2022-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1623604308934-9RYZGC4X00TCU7L4Z3F7/clover.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Knowing When to Pull Honey Supers - Make it stand out Lots of blooming clover means lots of quality nectar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1623605612602-X5362DGQAGC5EU8L1Z1W/goldenrod_flow.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Knowing When to Pull Honey Supers - Make it stand out My bees go crazy for goldenrod in the fall, and I let them keep that honey to use in the winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1623607678051-B2SGAXH7KXEB9CVTMFH4/payment.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Knowing When to Pull Honey Supers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1623603618238-NWYWT34JL4MLW3X8H4KF/upcoming_blooms_2.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Knowing When to Pull Honey Supers - Make it stand out Looking ahead, I see good potential for incoming nectar in the next two weeks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1623606385208-11GYXKVLXOMP3IXDHR0I/freezer_full_of_honey.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Knowing When to Pull Honey Supers - Make it stand out My deep freeze holds a little over seven supers’ worth of honey, so that’s how many I pull during each trip to the bee yard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1623607149863-WVZK3VPWSO0595GMC1KM/mountain_mint_bloom.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Knowing When to Pull Honey Supers - Make it stand out Mountain mint will start blooming here next week, so there’s no way I’ll remove my honey supers now https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1623602341737-RMPDAZGPTAOX3URDNZ7O/drawing_comb_in_june.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Knowing When to Pull Honey Supers - Make it stand out Brand new comb drawn in this foundationless frame tells me there’s still a lot of nectar coming into the hives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1623600231043-R1Z0LHIMC2VZLR50C1YG/full_super.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Knowing When to Pull Honey Supers - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1623601671805-5WSPR453IGTM5SFT27YI/Weight.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Knowing When to Pull Honey Supers - Make it stand out This readout from a Broodminder scale indicates the honey flow is still going strong https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2021/4/11/improving-the-odds-of-winter-survival monthly 0.5 2021-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1618156859666-O9L32SY7I9WKOUSNRR8G/Checking_Winter_Feed.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Improving the Odds of Winter Survival Mid-winter check of the in-hive fondant https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1618156938346-E6EPM986ME8262XBX8OW/Bees_Taking_Pollen_Sub.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Improving the Odds of Winter Survival Late-winter pollen feeding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1618156667976-OAL8A529RVUKG9E5KEUB/Hives_in_Winter.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Improving the Odds of Winter Survival https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2021/3/13/oxalic-acid-approved-for-use-with-honey-supers monthly 0.5 2022-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1615651897964-6787YUPILSGHOAM6MQ9K/original_50375d63-c04a-4b88-a35a-36ae4c118d21_IMG_20201128_133929308.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Oxalic Acid Approved for Use With Honey Supers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1615654418532-1AOX5679HX4RHSR43900/original_09b1060a-6b12-4f35-bdfc-8cf560338a5e_IMG_20201128_134510827.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Oxalic Acid Approved for Use With Honey Supers The power supply for my oxalic acid vaporizer—a 1949 Ford 8N tractor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1615654495925-5BYS4QO96YTFI9UPXV7E/IMG_20201128_134103510.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Oxalic Acid Approved for Use With Honey Supers A puff of oxlaic acid escapes a screened bottom board during a vaporization treatment https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2021/1/23/your-beekeeping-calendar monthly 0.5 2021-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1611417000432-CIPG0T02XIZ13H3K5BZR/IMG_20210123_092841370_shrunk.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Your Beekeeping Calendar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1611418239340-ECZE801S2EDT8MESIAQJ/IMG_20210123_092623242_shrunk.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Your Beekeeping Calendar https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2020/11/21/creating-a-native-flower-garden monthly 0.5 2020-12-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1606003157057-YZ27U64ILFVDB5UO9AVH/original_fa274e6d-85f9-47e7-98f2-10f0d45b08cb_IMG_20201121_133134945.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Creating a Native Flower Garden On the left is the newly seeded bare ground that was covered with a tarp in 2020, and on the right is the tarp to prep another patch of ground for 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1606002925249-J5NZU8OIU91ZOYWA68H2/IMG_20201107_142824738_HDR.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Creating a Native Flower Garden Butterfly weed seeds ready to transfer to my native garden space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1606002805463-G7R7NWYKL6H9L2KHLIKN/IMG_20200830_115816865_HDR.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Creating a Native Flower Garden https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2020/10/9/best-gifts-for-beekeepers-2020 monthly 0.5 2020-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1602546475892-1Y634XSUW0R99FJDIPJD/snowy_woods.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1602547316755-VO4CFTEKMNDTOBFHU6GB/Veil_with_screen_repair.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2020 These screen repair patches aren’t pretty, but they’ll give me a couple extra years between replacing veils https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1602949183192-1ZDQIHKJIEEJVPG7DMV6/2million_blossoms.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2020 2 Million Blossoms is great for more seasoned beekeepers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1602547950539-I6Y8X94XJ6TH7ULBRDBG/bees_in_pollen_sub.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2020 Bees collecting Mann Lake pollen substitute https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1602953013787-5QRMOHDEPFYAN3TCBEQB/lyson_hive_stand_kit.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2020 Picture credit: Betterbee.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1602587143390-V8ZD7GBB6O0Q5SKT25KI/mason_bee_nest.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2020 A mason bee hive hung on a tree next to our garden with fresh nesting tubes installed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1602949124604-7IEW6R9M8PPHXCH3NQCU/american_bee_journal.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2020 American Bee Journal is the go-to magazine for beekeeping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1602547780247-JDH0MSX0UBFIWE4UEI5R/leatherman_on_belt.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2020 Keeping pliers, a knife, and a screwdriver on your belt can save a lot of trips between the bee yard and the workshop https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2020/8/29/beekeeping-as-a-gateway-to-conservationism monthly 0.5 2020-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1598719111303-654EF41F5I0REZQUQXVX/IMG_20200703_165644805.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Beekeeping as a Gateway to Conservationism One of multiple catalpa trees I’ve got planted, which will provide nectar to honey bees but is also the only tree that can support the native catalpa sphinx moth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1598719329097-MIA4E8F4EF4EFKGAG5FG/IMG_20200815_161311892.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Beekeeping as a Gateway to Conservationism Seeded goldenrod that now provides an important source of food to a healthy population of native double-banded scoliid wasps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1598714982937-T0OJP7GPCGV8AUVJGWD3/IMG_20200815_151116912.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Beekeeping as a Gateway to Conservationism https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1598719001797-5J3LJYUF5P5GEX2UL6FY/IMG_20200809_135146347.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Beekeeping as a Gateway to Conservationism My pasture is full of pollinator-friendly plants like this tall green milkweed https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2020/6/13/moving-a-swarm-into-a-nearby-hive monthly 0.5 2020-06-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1592068266732-PRU2AB7AG3KEOT6LSOTK/IMG_20200607_143823395_HDR.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Moving a Swarm into a Nearby Hive One day after moving this swarm into a nuc box, the bees were ignoring their old tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1592068041032-4MDRSORCVYKT2FMPR29F/IMG_20200606_130342038_HDR.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Moving a Swarm into a Nearby Hive This swarm trap was positioned in a tree 30 feet behind an empty space on a hive stand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1592069517408-QTSMZB6VWL9QRID1N4DZ/IMG_20200606_130411948_HDR.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Moving a Swarm into a Nearby Hive Comb being constructed outside this flower pot swarm trap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1592063463694-0I8THM5ZNOH929H8QN5U/IMG_20200605_182223237.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Moving a Swarm into a Nearby Hive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1592068109049-VD3VPP9LHLAXATBZL0ED/IMG_20200606_144229823.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Moving a Swarm into a Nearby Hive A deep frame with the foundation removed; the rubber bands will keep the comb in place until the bees attach it to the frame https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2020/5/3/easy-solar-wax-melter monthly 0.5 2020-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1588535978731-0K5A6G6KPEL4X150VEZP/IMG_20200502_113157935_HDR_cmp.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Easy Solar Wax Melter A solar wax melter any hillbilly could be proud to use https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1588536181759-4QBJ2FS0P0737ALHSYNT/IMG_20190107_045103174_cmp.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Easy Solar Wax Melter About 10 hours into a homemade beeswax taper candle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1588536111498-34NW2ARNDOHK8H54TDV8/IMG_20200503_133235216_HDR_cmp.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Easy Solar Wax Melter This is the clean 10 oz block of wax I got out of the batch shown above https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2020/4/30/invasion-of-the-asian-giant-hornet monthly 0.5 2020-10-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1588271408947-9D7U76JICJDRIK5E6D9E/200423_AsianGiantHornet_trap_cmp.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Invasion of the Asian Giant Hornet Homemade Asian giant hornet trap https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1588270815967-X8SBJU93GDORD23IX3H2/200430_bee_on_hyacinth_cmp.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Invasion of the Asian Giant Hornet Honey bee on wild hyacinth https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1588268994183-F3I0GSPYS4X7QCPEIU3W/Hornets_vs_HoneyBees.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Invasion of the Asian Giant Hornet Size comparison: western honey bee, European hornet, and Asian giant hornet (Washington Dept of Agriculture) https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2020/3/18/a-quarantined-beekeeper monthly 0.5 2020-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1584575738120-I4FM7OURUW0NYUYUFLHX/Purple_Deadnettle.jpg Bee Yard Blog - A Quarantined Beekeeper My first purple deadnettle of 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1584577375228-72BY1L3EIPP2K7TNPJE5/Planting_Tulip_Poplar.jpg Bee Yard Blog - A Quarantined Beekeeper Planting a tulip poplar seedling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1584574383797-SYCA4KILBP74BHAV9RPL/Bees_Flying.jpg Bee Yard Blog - A Quarantined Beekeeper Checking my bee hives during a break in the rain https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2020/2/2/skunk-fence monthly 0.5 2020-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1580655633151-052M4HN586148HIBDF2I/200201_Workshop.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Skunk Fence A winter evening in the workshop; coming up with a game plan to ward off skunks and other nocturnal bee eaters https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1580653321141-3XVWTCGGYA2BLQOEBCI8/200201_Skunk_Fencing.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Skunk Fence Rolled up chicken wire fencing staked in front of bee hives to block skunks https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/12/16/easy-honey-bee-feeding-stations monthly 0.5 2020-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1576533165220-ZMGLLKBM4TU09WNXRXMM/IMG_20190818_152707483_HDR.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Easy Honey Bee Feeding Stations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1576533507451-ENF79YYQLBDO883J9JG0/IMG_20190818_152738885_HDR.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Easy Honey Bee Feeding Stations Honey bees flock to these feeder stations when there’s syrup set out for them https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1576533769034-CJFN2YFJYWYBFWRKMX1E/IMG_20191216_115140474_HDR.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Easy Honey Bee Feeding Stations My honey bee feeding stations double as bird feeders in the winter, when snow covers a lot of their wild forage https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/11/17/is-honey-vegan monthly 0.5 2020-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1574035485103-U64CE8A9P06KXDY666ZX/IMG_20190814_184210363.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Is Honey Vegan? Honey can be humane, if not technically vegan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1574035689799-05NEDJN65ZPBIB5UTBA7/IMG_20190302_131103324%7E2.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Is Honey Vegan? Vegans should be commended for their concern the well-being of animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1574036178500-Q1OKXMMLACBI4IYHE93T/IMG_20190920_160933596_HDR.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Is Honey Vegan? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1574035590589-25V64LLP118Q5YB1VKIR/IMG_20191014_173927967.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Is Honey Vegan? Gently handling a honey bee https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/11/2/best-gifts-for-beekeepers-2019 monthly 0.5 2020-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1572716342475-00U7MNU60371DQQTZ9WE/snowy_hive.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1572710517063-XSL1UTLEEOZ4Z5P3DOGA/dfm.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2019 One of the DFM supplements available to beekeepers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1572716105894-DJZBHE68CN19PZMUAASC/170804_Sythe.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2019 Scythes are great for mowing in front of hives without upsetting the bees https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1572713007009-Y7UA3M86ZENMLVVIBBHD/aster.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2019 A honey bee on aster wildflowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1572714755260-HFWIQ42ICGKYCC0FLR2V/hive_butler.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2019 My Hive Butler in use during honey extractions this summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1572708642818-1ZUIY2XIYB1WMYOJEUNE/sugar.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2019 Sugar is a recurring purchase for beekeepers https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/10/11/mite-bomb monthly 0.5 2019-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1570804912018-CQSM1CAIBRHMY47HBY62/aster_and_bee.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Mite Bomb! On the upside, fall wildflowers (including these white asters) are still blooming, providing both nectar and pollen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1570799274709-GUSF4Y71ULUR93MHVUZJ/Hive4_graph.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Mite Bomb! This graph shows mite loads on one of my hives that probably robbed a nearby colony as it collapsed due to mites https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1570805165196-XKSJB63T00VGB3UI2S21/Fall_flowers.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Mite Bomb! More October flowers, including cosmos sensation and nearly-spent goldenrod https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/8/11/backbreaking monthly 0.5 2021-07-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1565541758247-MJH9Y0VLJS58YGYH5YH1/190811_Supers_in_Freezer.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Beekeeping is Backbreaking Work A batch of honey supers—each weighting about 50 pounds—in the freezer awaiting extraction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1565541102635-LY01XRCBTTVZ8TGPRY6K/190811_Frame_of_Honey.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Beekeeping is Backbreaking Work A frame of honey ready for harvest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1565542255786-5SQVU6ANEM519SYYUS14/190811_Honey_Extractor.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Beekeeping is Backbreaking Work Spinning out honey https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/6/15/tracking-bloom-dates-for-better-beekeeping monthly 0.5 2020-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1560617524868-3B0WO2TL8CN7M2U2B0QJ/190615_Eastern_Tailed_Blue_Butterfly.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Tracking Bloom Dates for Better Beekeeping Eastern Tailed Blue Butterfly on white clover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1560617585323-VH4ML1YMCBQTURMMQQEX/190615_Bloom_Dates.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Tracking Bloom Dates for Better Beekeeping My ever-changing log of flower bloom dates near my bee yard https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/5/24/how-many-bee-stings-will-kill-you monthly 0.5 2020-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1558708935937-600LDHIETLUR3ENRFQEE/190524_Bee_Venom_Infographic.jpg Bee Yard Blog - How Many Bee Stings Would it Take to Kill You? Chemical Components of Insect Venoms https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/4/26/painted-hive-bricks monthly 0.5 2019-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1556301075375-674N5WBTO32I04MDEW12/IMG_20190409_161008984_HDR.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Painted Hive Bricks When the green side of the brick is facing up, I know the hive was in good shape the last time it was inspected https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1556302490962-PCPWQ7VC82QMT5YHDV22/IMG_20190409_160844167_HDR.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Painted Hive Bricks This hive needs to be split soon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1556301510257-EIX1FQ75ZZK32D98LZ4Y/IMG_20190409_160947860_HDR.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Painted Hive Bricks This old nuc cover serves as a legend for my painted brick system https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/3/23/traps-deployed monthly 0.5 2020-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1553352277842-70G3C5944J61EHHQRH0N/190322_Swarm_Trap_2.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Swarm Traps Deployed A swarm trap hung in a tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1553352384468-VSXT7KECMOYNL1FLXWWF/190322_Swarm_Trap_1.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Swarm Traps Deployed Another swarm trap waiting for house guests https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/2/18/how-many-cords-of-firewood-do-bees-need monthly 0.5 2019-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1550525134563-RXFICGNC4RGXNU3TCKIM/IMG_20190218_145910315.jpg Bee Yard Blog - If Honey Were Firewood My heating is far less efficient than a honey bee colony’s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1550525024997-4ESKLUVKP7LDMEB2WMCJ/IMG_20190218_144039785_HDR.jpg Bee Yard Blog - If Honey Were Firewood 36 lbs of firewood—about the same amount of energy a honey bee colony uses each winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1550526296512-8AF9WBYQKCRCJ6R7NJ0B/IMG_20190218_144100608.jpg Bee Yard Blog - If Honey Were Firewood Stacked close to the entrance for convenience https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/2/2/no-almonds-no-bees monthly 0.5 2019-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1549121947728-QLIGHSI4KMXO7M494V69/190120_Bees_in_Almonds.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Migrants: Honey Bees in the Almond Trees Bee hives moved into the almond fields in California’s Central Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1549127115891-EIO0PI2K661PNFM2SXQT/190120_Bees_in_Almonds_2.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Migrants: Honey Bees in the Almond Trees White bee hives sitting between newly planted and mature almond trees https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2019/1/5/making-beeswax-candles monthly 0.5 2020-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1546704587075-SIGO54JCIKXDAEGX4Z4O/190104_candle_lit.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Making Beeswax Candles 10 hours of homemade light https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1546705592007-VGDKBWJWAY2CYKFQ1I6J/190104_finished_candle.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Making Beeswax Candles A finished 10-inch colonial taper candle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1546701710447-NTUFYO7KL0K900CHSGG4/190104_table_layout2.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Making Beeswax Candles Basic equipment and table layout for making beeswax candles https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/11/30/best-gifts-for-beekeepers-2018 monthly 0.5 2020-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1543589703928-A4E0HQJNA9NPB39ANWBS/Journal_combined.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2018 One of my own beekeeping journals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1543594976254-JVSYLYS2ETH4RSBU4MSU/Broodminder_app.png Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2018 Broodminder data displayed on a smart phone https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1543593949487-DG8MKPLDQGRD9FW15RQF/Bee_belt.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2018 Paul Kelly bee belt sold at Dancing Bee Equipment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1543592889194-ZU02FZ5YAZMGYKKD69DZ/gloves.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2018 Proper handwear can make beekeeping more enjoyable https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1543588798978-WSGTQ5QV0T3MTP3OIB5D/cover_pic.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1543590500197-I2FBZZCUG7Z1XG3I5RDO/EZ_Pry_tool.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2018 My EZ Pry hive tool in its natural environment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1543594867459-OBSDNPOILFK5NJNBX67X/Broodminer_screen_cap.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Best Gifts for Beekeepers, 2018 Broodminder-W hive scales https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/11/12/keeping-entrances-free-of-snow monthly 0.5 2018-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1542063689913-00ANJQOJ98NGFJG10K4F/181112_Snow_Visor_Comparison.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Keeping Entrances Free of Snow Hive with a snow visor on the left, without on the right https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/10/20/controlling-hive-moisture-in-the-winter monthly 0.5 2020-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1540043723718-ND8FVYSN3RYBOOU1QNPY/181018_Winterized_Hive.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Controlling Hive Moisture in the Winter My winter hive setup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1540043772307-MJK18N7Z2RT9LOXF2QE1/181018_Inner_Cover_Condensation.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Controlling Hive Moisture in the Winter Condensation on an inner cover in cool weather https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/9/29/goldenrod-flower-of-last-resort monthly 0.5 2018-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1538267104684-4BA817K2P8PQR01S50OJ/180914_Goldenrod_Soldier_Beetle.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Goldenrod: Flower of Last Resort? Goldenrod soldier beetles dominate the flowers in August and early September https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1538266768633-GU6SEYF22B9AJKLQZNUD/180928_Bee_on_Goldenrod.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Goldenrod: Flower of Last Resort? Honey bees don’t start showing up on my goldenrod flowers until late September https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/8/18/are-wild-bees-healthier-than-kept-bees monthly 0.5 2018-08-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1534639085858-GPU400KBTGLOY49TAD38/180818_Shaw_Wild_Bee_Tree.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Are Wild Bees Healthier Than Kept Bees? A feral bee tree with no bees https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/7/21/honey-is-thirsty monthly 0.5 2020-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1532180054465-0B1XAPBZQUB7GNITBY2X/180721_Dry_Tent.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Honey is Thirsty A small "dry room" helps keep honey moisture in check during processing https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/7/4/how-to-split-a-hive-or-raise-a-queen-in-a-queenless-colony monthly 0.5 2020-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1530717942348-NK2JL3G8VCYVE613EYRT/sythe.jpg Bee Yard Blog - How to Split a Hive (Or Raise a Queen in a Queenless Colony) Mowing around new splits with a scythe. https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/5/31/the-sweetest-of-clovers monthly 0.5 2018-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1527809031388-HQSJPR8MB41ARPQJ5T3R/180526_Yellow_Sweet_Clover.jpg Bee Yard Blog - The Sweetest of Clovers Honey bee foraging on yellow sweet clover https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/5/17/how-to-spot-a-honey-flow monthly 0.5 2020-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1526597830159-MCWF79R4XGQ8P89QFDIP/180517_Hive_Scale_Graph.jpg Bee Yard Blog - How to Spot a Honey Flow Hive weight before and after black locust trees began blooming; data collected from a Broodminder scale https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/5/5/having-a-plan monthly 0.5 2020-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1525566286723-LITWP8MWM76N19KDWXTV/180505_Hive_Inspections.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Having a Plan Game-planning before entering the hives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1525566332535-TXT6PLDBEPDPNJ8PJHMB/180505_White_Board.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Having a Plan A simple white board can simplify your planning https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/4/28/deep-deep-vs-deep-medium monthly 0.5 2018-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1524957226361-VR306GBU5RZO3LY0TQK5/180428_Truck_with_Bees.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Deep Deep vs Deep Medium Transporting splits between bee yards https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/4/21/specialists monthly 0.5 2018-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1524315489659-WKXF0ULBDAWLXDLBFA5S/180420_Bee_on_Finger.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Specialists Honey bee alights on my finger with a load of pollen https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/4/5/red-handed monthly 0.5 2018-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1522969926688-UI58R3S2T6MKSA5GNQGS/180221_Skunk.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Red Handed Skunk at a honey bee hive https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1522969972310-B9JX277J854QKO3SN9AO/180228_Possum.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Red Handed Opossum (possum) at a honey bee hive https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/3/24/how-bees-fly-in-cold-weather monthly 0.5 2021-01-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1553469258514-JRVIWWLCU1CMJZG4RYJW/How_Bees_Fly_in_the_Cold.jpg Bee Yard Blog - How Bees Fly in Cold Weather How honey bees fly when we think it's too cold for them to fly https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/3/13/survivor monthly 0.5 2018-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1520981580197-HV1O6NQCQ69GPBAM7H1V/180305_Bee_Feeding_Closeup.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Survivor A bee who survived the worst of winter https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/3/2/bee-smart-feeder monthly 0.5 2020-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1520036862963-TPRF4XEDZPHGFD7V7OM0/180302_Bee_Smart_feeder.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Bee Smart Feeder https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/2/20/swarm-trap monthly 0.5 2020-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1519171175388-M7QBODYEESZ2VS6SEKBU/170327_Swarm_Trap.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Catching Bees with a Swarm Trap Hanging a swarm trap--also known as a bait hive--in a tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1519171098451-SQNAAG35UNGKO7FVZL8A/Swarm_Trap_Board_Cuts.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Catching Bees with a Swarm Trap The cuts I use when building a swarm trap from a single board https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/2/18/skunk-at-the-bee-hive monthly 0.5 2025-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1518992384365-IM8CTPE8F3O6YNRVQJQV/180216_Skunk_Bees.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Skunk at the Bee Hive A wad of chewed up honey bees, presumably the result of a skunk visit https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/1/27/diagnosing-a-winter-dead-out monthly 0.5 2018-02-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1517071124630-U42TRMJAU42643LRY4SV/180125_DeadOut_Frame.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Diagnosing a Winter Dead Out Winter starvation: the bees on the left were head-in to the cells, desperately looking for food https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/1/21/horrible-decision-yields-horrible-results monthly 0.5 2018-01-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1516547506910-BACT96CTRUSMLTBDWGWR/180120_Robbing.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Horrible Decision Yields Horrible Results Sticks used to reduce entrances into a hive being robbed. https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/1/11/rotten monthly 0.5 2018-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1515728018386-AJNNYRZJ62DM2Q3OVNFQ/Rotten_ep1.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Rotten Netflix's "Rotten" episode 1 https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2018/1/11/alive monthly 0.5 2018-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1515658758813-X0B9WKQSG49YVPDLTF5D/180110_Bee_on_Rock.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Alive Honey bee venturing out of her hive on a warm winter day https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/12/29/making-mead monthly 0.5 2020-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1515080419565-L6J0Q7GM9KVXDXNFJEJA/170205_Mead_Bottled_1.jpeg Bee Yard Blog - Making Mead The end result; a bottled batch of mead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1514592823067-Z61C9XKLU4F1KY5XN826/171228_Making_Mead.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Making Mead Collecting spring water to make mead https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/12/26/first-test-of-my-bee-hive-snow-visors monthly 0.5 2017-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1514307356810-JV4A1Z7PZ7645GTB68L7/IMG_20171223_121458215.jpg Bee Yard Blog - First Test of My Bee Hive Snow Visors Hive with a snow visor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1514307310877-S2GTZCE84FH5MNYPWIBD/IMG_20171223_121439835.jpg Bee Yard Blog - First Test of My Bee Hive Snow Visors Hive without a snow visor https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/12/22/uh-oh monthly 0.5 2017-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1513956748696-OHN1YS0XA57RDTWNKN1P/171214_Dead_Bees_Outside_Hive7.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Uh Oh... December die-off https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/12/15/a-rafter-of-turkeys monthly 0.5 2020-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1513378022196-BCXKM5TLO47MFXI8QM4H/171025_Turkeys_at_Hives.jpg Bee Yard Blog - A Rafter of Turkeys Turkeys in the apiary https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/12/8/cold-fondant monthly 0.5 2017-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1512795968600-ICSD2Q38JD9H52IEVJ6X/171208_Cold_Fondant.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Cold Fondant No-cook fondant https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/12/1/how-ive-tackled-bee-paralysis-virus monthly 0.5 2019-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1512163038509-QWU1I2CHJNISD2CM0QWQ/IMG_0511.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Bee Paralysis Virus and What I'm Doing About It A honey bee showing symptoms of bee paralysis virus (BPV) https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/11/25/18d91a5fpxv557ip8u3e49ju5n6umr monthly 0.5 2017-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1511655212922-5R35SX0THMZXQCGLH6HH/171125_Hives_From_Log_House.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Bees in a Construction Zone Hives viewed from the half-built cabin https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/11/18/trees-for-bees monthly 0.5 2017-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1511023018577-W04Z1YOQJR91JN8CT9LK/171117_Planted_Trees.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Trees for Bees Newly planted persimmon and apple trees https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/11/13/butt-in-the-air-beekeeper-beware monthly 0.5 2017-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1510637089945-9AW34RCDKJP5KO5Y3DR1/171113_Butts_Up.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Butt in the Air, Beekeeper Beware Bees in defensive posture https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/11/8/we-like-our-animals-furry monthly 0.5 2017-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1510203640290-WHDRY6RETZM52OQ4HX8S/171108_Bee_Close_Up_Sideview.jpg Bee Yard Blog - We Like Our Animals Furry The beauty and complexity of apis mellifera https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/11/7/total-mite-load-recalculation monthly 0.5 2017-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1510054960899-JYX2AIMIO5GYR3MN3BMA/Black_Snake.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Total Mite Load Recalculation Black snake sunning itself https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/11/7/nov-4-2017 monthly 0.5 2018-01-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1510045095315-5ZTRCBZ4WIW9XAA24T0J/171104_Open_Feeding.png Bee Yard Blog - Supplemental Feeding Last chance open feeding https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/11/7/nov-1-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1510044890826-TQPQKHRLWUT6MQEL7H43/mite_counting.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Counting Mite Falls Counting mites on a sticky board with my homemade guide https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/11/7/oct-30-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1510044814315-S2L7YL39B5704W8RUR05/171031_BKCorner_Podcast.jpg Bee Yard Blog - MiteCalculator.com Featured on Popular Beekeeping Podcast https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/11/7/oct-25-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1510044712225-D6NO7MAIEYBNJIM3G0XY/271024_Winterizing.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Winterizing With Snow Visors Winterizing a bee hive https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/11/7/oct-24-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1510044668932-SFCCOGYNK16A5AX0J32H/171023_Moto_Deliveries.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Two-Wheeled Honey Deliveries Delivering honey on my Honda CB500X motorcycle https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/11/7/oct-22-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1510044570161-ZHJJBM1Y58B7QS6ZMP60/171022_Pond_Expanded2.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Bees and Water Farm pond expansion https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/11/7/oct-16-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1510044447186-PPK06ITTOTYXTUSA69I9/171014_Frame_Storage_Rack.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Storing Used Frames Homemade honey bee frame open storage rack https://www.mitecalculator.com/bee-yard-blog/2017/11/7/oct-10-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1510044313670-UZFGU53NGAS1S20HWUO7/171009_Bee_Wing_Comparison.jpg Bee Yard Blog - Bees Working Cosmos Flowers Cosmos flowers with honey bees. 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Great Mullein Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/7b38f8ea-c868-4115-9895-b824af922e5c/green_antelopehorn_milkweed_2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Green Antelopehorn Milkweed Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/4606b50a-1e9d-4df4-af3f-b04de49fc043/purple_deadnettle2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Purple Deadnettle Blooms in mid-to-late March Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/63fb43ff-4cbb-4f1f-a933-e141c70319a9/black-eyed_susan2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Black-Eyed Susan Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/6678432d-c248-426f-9a57-69799e88d6d3/brown_mustard.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Brown Mustard Blooms in late May Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1621693761673-2562SKXSYRX920ERGNEB/blackberry3.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Blackberry Blooms in late April Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1626224593982-S49FKNW2EVNMKUVM3H6S/st_johns_wort4.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - St. John’s Wort Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Native and Introduced (depending on species) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1631458862069-7C7UD8YLACHI44TJ8V3G/goldenrod_2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Late Goldenrods Blooms in early September Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/4cbaab27-bc1a-4a25-992a-61bc881ef746/hairy_mountain_mint2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Hairy Mountain Mint Blooms in early July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/57a6c660-65a9-4cd2-bfbc-8e7221a9d072/fourleaf_milkweed.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Fourleaf Milkweed Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/f2734bbf-9cf8-4379-bd70-5778ce7fbe0b/common_milkweed2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Common Milkweed Blooms in early June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/54e1fb5d-55b2-4cfd-b18a-203500ba4d0a/cornflower2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Cornflower Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/945de85b-dee1-4e43-b3b1-5457fd983d50/obedient_plant.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Obedient Plant Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/c759402a-e022-4c9e-a4a8-e3b15e15dbf4/joe_pye_weed3.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Joe Pye Weed Blooms in mid-August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1586192355976-S5Q0221NOLE2WP6QX1XD/sugar_maple.JPG Honey Bee Food Sources - Sugar Maple Blooms in early April Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1618064253632-7WGT9WUTCD0AVF6CNRW3/autumn_olive_2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Autumn Olive Blooms in early April Status in Missouri: Invasive Native alternative: Ninebark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/0aff49e7-994f-475a-a773-dffddcad1218/honey_locust.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Honey Locust Blooms in early May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/87eafb7d-3e55-4b51-ab6d-25a00d894839/white_prairie_clover.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - White Prairie Clover Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/7efb90a4-8ade-460a-abcb-aaa77ae4a77d/ground_ivy.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Ground Ivy Blooms in early April Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/fa4ecae3-350c-4506-850a-3c2a1060cf8f/spanish_needles.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Spanish Needles Blooms in mid-August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/00cbd91c-2053-443d-9aab-c2f29c45fdac/dayflower.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Dayflower Blooms in early June Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1586194725188-SPZU6JLM2EZ91WVWQCUX/white_clover.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - White Clover Blooms in late April Status in Missouri: Introduced Beekeeper note: White clover is worked hard during the peak of our nectar flow from mid-May through mid-June. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/8d626d95-e0f1-458c-970d-45cd19201d68/ninebark_amber_jubilee2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Ninebark Blooms in early May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/c27db5de-a026-43d7-90ea-c0758e9f808c/spicebush.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Spicebush Blooms in mid-March Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/01523792-f40e-4410-b5b9-77aad020b8a6/passionflower.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Purple Passionflower Blooms in early July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/e7004b3e-454b-4271-91a5-2128005e3757/tickseed_sunflower.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Tickseed Sunflower Blooms in late August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/772d033c-7ebb-4c63-a966-777b84c52cff/red_maple3.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Red Maple Blooms in mid-March Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1594572243481-D25RLZZM8A4NB89O5M8Y/self-heal.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Self-Heal Blooms in late May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/0ff95aec-fbd9-4383-adf2-c4254e438892/cutleaf_toothwort.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Cutleaf Toothwort Blooms in mid-to-late March Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/c985da90-894f-4b58-9478-d18a3c71f0a8/crab_apple.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Crabapple Blooms in early April Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/e32b2168-0245-450c-b206-5a24c395b22f/willow_pussy.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Pussy Willow Blooms in late March Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1594570678289-YZN0HG6OJX1QX4DNFNU0/oxeye_daisy.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Oxeye Daisy Blooms in early May Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1594600565255-U07E1MCIMN6VW81V5ALK/beefsteak_plant.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - American Germander Blooms in late June Status in Missouri: Native Beekeeper note: American germander flowers are massively popular with bumble bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/67742f82-678a-46f4-b5af-dcbb2fa5a812/grape_hyacinth_2.jpeg Honey Bee Food Sources - Grape Hyacinth Blooms in late March Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/158f57c0-e766-4176-952c-f49a202b64a5/filaree.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Filaree Blooms in late March Status in Missouri: Invasive Native alternative: Phlox https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1588341812518-DTGEI725TLSKEJ1KEQ7R/wild_hyacinth.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Wild Hyacinth Blooms in mid-to-late April Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/81a65b74-834c-4f19-8a06-264720414c2d/american_groundnut.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - American Groundnut Blooms in mid-August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/89d23549-a1ea-4ed0-a4e8-9a36325e498f/ticktrefoil.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Ticktrefoil Blooms in early August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/852d7736-ecd3-4d5a-a41a-58fce1402fd8/savanna_blazing_star2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Savanna Blazing Star Blooms in late July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/c8649d01-f6db-4aae-9422-79c7fbd742dd/cosmos2.jpeg Honey Bee Food Sources - Cosmos Blooms in early June Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/e050ee8e-c23d-46eb-a409-0d5972a38f11/garlic_chives.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Garlic Chives Blooms in mid-August Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/4151482d-dc5f-47b7-93b6-e574fc568ae4/yellow_woodsorrel.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Yellow Woodsorrel Blooms in mid-April Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/73a0f318-636c-45dd-8456-7bc394717ded/glade_coneflower2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Glade Coneflower Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/97febc4e-53f6-416f-958b-944157513d77/yellowwood.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Kentucky Yellowwood Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/80e9bdde-0d59-456a-9a1f-23c981249197/snow_on_the_mountain.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Snow-on-the-Mountain Blooms in mid-July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/16b46f32-e527-4686-b88f-0279a5c38dda/jewelweed_2.jpeg Honey Bee Food Sources - Jewelweed Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/a425282a-06f9-4344-aa92-7a67e3b4c3d8/compass_plant.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Compass Plant Blooms in early July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/f2b59793-6018-4a89-bd1a-3eea629da1d5/wild_bergamot2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Wild Bergamot Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/3b76f281-5399-47bf-bb4d-f9676211e2fa/calico_aster2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Calico Aster Blooms in late September Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1592694377615-X0D82DA16DI74E6T38NB/buckthorn.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Carolina Buckthorn Blooms in early June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1c2b011e-c7d7-418d-bb29-492ab239ed27/american_hazelnut.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Hazelnut Blooms in early March Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1586383870036-RW6RYHT9807S4T55CU7W/redbud.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Redbud Blooms in late March Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/ce5afb80-c0bc-4e4d-941b-287154116318/birdsfoot_trefoil_3.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Birdsfoot Trefoil Blooms in late May Status in Missouri: Invasive Native alternative: Coreopsis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/0810ceaa-53fc-41c2-86dd-409e217dddad/butterweed.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Butterweed Blooms in early-to-mid-April Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1939f15b-e010-49a1-a221-0e1d23493c05/grayheaded_coneflower2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Grayheaded Coneflower Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/9f692d25-39c9-4470-ae3e-22ada0e39416/burdock2.jpeg Honey Bee Food Sources - Burdock Blooms in early July Status in Missouri: Invasive Native alternative: Field Thistle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/3e0d7979-af6b-4e14-8db7-e96588343675/alder.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Alder Blooms in mid-February Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/0d803e6b-609f-45e3-89cc-0cc6a9ce7e40/multiflora_rose.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Multiflora Rose Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Invasive Native alternative: Prairie Rose https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/6b8a63ea-80e6-4ba3-adda-a587188f1e5d/hogwort.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Hogwort Blooms in mid-July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/c68fea4f-7bff-4575-86ed-82e3638dffd4/missouri_gooseberry.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Missouri Gooseberry Blooms in late March Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/c6ea36b0-3df6-4c53-9159-7e9818941cf4/bush_clover.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Bush Clover Blooms in early September Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/4266fe93-c417-4384-bba7-49e7d6289358/winged_sumac2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Winged Sumac Blooms in early July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1594475603328-H98H5IUMAMJCZ1RUXARR/prairie_blazing_star.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Prairie Blazing Star Blooms in mid-July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/b42a0f0a-a5a1-4f13-b5b0-74352193c4c3/moonflower.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Moonflower Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/2258d491-c53e-491a-b82d-eb94a8a808d8/pinkweed.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Pinkweed Blooms in early August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1600130771865-E16KDD0QLL8JMUMP2ISU/thistle.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Thistle (Native) Blooms in mid-August Status in Missouri: Native and Invasive (depending on species) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1594569755206-EZJMQR6TTI41SFV2FB0A/crimson_clover.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Crimson Clover Blooms in early May Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/bfc14135-31d2-45c5-ae9a-bbd5412996a1/brown_eyed_susan.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Brown-Eyed Susan Blooms in mid-July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/e6c5954d-b6f5-40df-8374-4730ee8a53a4/musk_thistle.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Thistle (non-native) Blooms in late May Status in Missouri: Native and Invasive (depending on species) Native alternative: Field Thistle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/97e5d079-8261-4dc4-a749-81468c7eecb3/serviceberry.jpeg Honey Bee Food Sources - Serviceberry Blooms in late March Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1623013080222-6QCBRZ7HDDP3CJH7OQWD/persimmon.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Persimmon Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/19903cb5-25f2-45db-a098-39ae5772e0db/star_tickseed.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Star Tickseed Blooms in late May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/c04390a4-17ba-478a-986a-0452d99308e9/butterfly_weed2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Butterfly Weed (Milkweed) Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1625521209069-FV6MUWZQE008C1ZI2AEW/queen_annes_lace_2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Queen Anne’s Lace Blooms in early June Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1594595411395-3VMJ9VLGE6H542268GR2/milkweed.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Purple Milkweed Blooms in late May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/95fe7395-3f65-4d00-97c0-adecefb2af63/duck_potato.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Duck Potato Blooms in late May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/a26fcaf8-162a-4b8f-aa1e-442cd0dca207/rose_of_sharon.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Rose of Sharon Blooms in early July Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/d771f2d3-64ab-4674-9616-4f1f11e53f83/tall_green_milkweed.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Tall Green Milkweed Blooms in mid-July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/3afa1902-f943-4c01-91f9-c05b93cfac68/yarrow_2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Yarrow Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/bef6ba23-f789-4a05-9247-fbcf82f5a7d0/beeblossom.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Beeblossom Blooms in mid-August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/8dd7dce3-371d-463c-a669-f30324eaacb9/prairie_dock.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Prairie Dock Blooms in mid-August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/a5c18a05-5a3c-4acf-bcba-3df2425ca66a/dandelion2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Dandelion Blooms in large numbers in late March Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1624061043878-D1737GF7XZJZLCFSPRWH/slender_mountain_mint3.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Slender Mountain Mint Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Native Beekeeper note: Just after the main flow in early July, it’s not unusual to see dozens of honey bees working a single mountain mint shrub. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/c809309a-f230-4cd0-a878-ef765d6b9f9e/black_cherry.jpeg Honey Bee Food Sources - Black Cherry Blooms in late April Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/ad990d7f-7e20-4518-8e8a-780526af57da/basswood3.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - American Basswood Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Native Beekeeper note: If I could only choose one bee tree, it would be the American basswood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/15a2c929-59f9-4273-bdc6-3805487195b4/yellow_coneflower.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Yellow Coneflower Blooms in early June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/c87eb84e-4331-4027-8eae-c92292959904/poison_ivy.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Poison Ivy Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1586193428532-D60VYLVUGJCJTE1MWDJJ/wild_plum.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Wild Plum Blooms in late March Status in Missouri: Native Beekeeper note: I consider the plum bloom to be the unofficial start of the spring nectar flow here. Honey bees will have a lot of choices for forage from now through June. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/be44ea16-293a-43e3-8b77-a7d5be7f69f6/lanceleaf_coreopsis2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Lanceleaf Coreopsis Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/a1cfaa76-1d4a-476f-b334-f8550e711144/white_vervain.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - White Vervain Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/06a6e9b6-9263-43c8-aaee-bdd57f290fda/hop_clover.jpeg Honey Bee Food Sources - Hop Clover Blooms in early May Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1626004871155-Y8DFX4B7GPURVGWLEVK9/chicory.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Chicory Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/e2241406-ef91-4438-a9f8-0ca275f40909/common_witch_hazel.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Common Witch Hazel Blooms in early November Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/64f02aba-b0aa-4c69-b2f8-51dd080197da/sunflower.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Common Sunflower Blooms in early July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1589054524969-VXAFBPRY05S65CU81JR7/black_locust.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Black Locust Blooms in early May Status in Missouri: Native Beekeeper note: Known as perhaps the greatest potential nectar source in our region, the quality of the black locust bloom has a major impact on the quality of our honey flow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1599085824040-EP90IECKN4MWJVDVRSMI/sweet_autumn_clamatis.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Sweet Autumn Clematis Blooms in late August Status in Missouri: Invasive Native alternative: Woodbine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1a4175bf-ec4b-4a71-a6db-8458f0dbbf11/pussytoes.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Pussytoes Blooms in early April Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/5cc24167-ae12-4dfd-9da7-8ff2cd8d60a4/yellow_rocket_3.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Yellow Rocket Blooms in early April Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1623015276641-Y45EPDB784QESQAG4E85/privet.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Wild Privet Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Invasive Native alternative: Fragrant Sumac https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/351c9048-6984-442b-b573-40341c74192c/sowthistle.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Sowthistle Blooms in late May Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1624963556307-21TNLRT4L61PBR0NUTVA/Tradescantia+ohiensis%2C+ohio+spiderwort+or+bluejacket+flowers+in+bloom Honey Bee Food Sources - Spiderwort Blooms in early May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/2027d97f-e500-41a1-aea5-78965560b79e/ironweed3.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Ironweed Blooms in late June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/812e42f3-64f3-472e-9c96-67de10475fb0/white_snakeroot_3.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - White Snakeroot Blooms in early August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/876539e7-a218-4c07-9526-750ad751f577/black_willow3.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Black Willow Blooms in early April Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/051885d4-f4e9-4ef4-9ea4-de996cde570c/gum_bumelia2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Gum Bumelia Blooms in early July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/077c1eaa-202c-4fb8-8949-a366d94998bb/possumhaw.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Possumhaw Blooms in late April Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/fda6a6f6-4070-4e83-9dea-ea291ef830ff/catalpa2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Catalpa Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/baa45165-1da2-4040-ba13-d7b2bc07251c/rattlesnake_master3.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Rattlesnake Master Blooms in early July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1630946763789-0AIQF5PZFSSYE81PTLME/Sericea_lespedeza.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Chinese Bush Clover Blooms in late August Status in Missouri: Invasive Native alternative: Violet Bush Clover (see below) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/6bc8ea0e-a114-462d-8424-fe1ae405f35d/golden_alexanders.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Golden Alexanders Blooms in late April Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/31cfca3c-349c-470e-b3b8-6f202b72b589/mallow.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Mallow Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/d16a6f50-baed-4eb5-b812-40e68dcc34ac/tulip_poplar2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Tulip Poplar Blooms in early May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/943acffe-5592-434f-94a0-d04fe6b8d4ec/bradford_pear.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Bradford (Callery) Pear Blooms in mid-March Status in Missouri: Invasive Native alternative: Wild Plum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1594569003087-XM8ZAKSUXVS9YO2L65CQ/ohio_horsemint.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Ohio Horsemint Blooms in early June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1586262841110-T25DU5XRRZVBMSVD421X/US_Map_with_annotations.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources Area of the US Midwest with similar flowers and bloom times to those shown below (map source: nationalatlas.gov) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1625495316627-HO3SP7LMGO6XF0W5Y1Z1/late_figwort_3.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Late Figwort Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Native Beekeeper note: Its tiny, bucket-like flower fills with nectar the honey bees and other pollinators—including hummingbirds—can’t resist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/78f39cf6-26e0-42df-9ecd-a9ffd4bb3b65/plains_coreopsis.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Plains Coreopsis Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/f5b50248-2448-4dc6-940a-e30fcbeaad1c/gumweed.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Gumweed Blooms in early August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1627252549188-4Z7AN5Y5QD0J7YGYOVWC/purple_coneflower.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Purple Coneflower Blooms in late May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/0fc7c549-9baa-47e2-b685-525c7732a26d/swamp_milkweed2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Swamp Milkweed Blooms in late June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/6e4ed3d9-56ce-43c7-bc01-d78540bebf04/ozark_witch_hazel.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Ozark Witch Hazel Blooms in mid-January Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/2b5b691b-1491-4ad2-b5fb-731194a78f1b/upright_prairie_coneflower.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Upright Prairie Coneflower Blooms in early June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/5a8456f2-1dad-4b95-a6f2-0306e2af0a64/golden_rain_tree.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Golden Rain Tree Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Invasive Native alternative: Blackhaw https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1586190833826-6N8LTW7964HEQZOMLKFQ/henbit.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Henbit Blooms in mid-to-late March Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/50a246b7-89e4-47a5-a4a6-c1041c33b188/manray_aster2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Purple Asters Blooms in mid-September Status in Missouri: Native Beekeeper note: Aster species are challenging to identify, so I’m lumping the purple-blue asters together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/a0424308-4b39-475f-8bad-bbf56eebd210/phlox2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Phlox Blooms in late March Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/d35672b8-9170-4485-bb0b-ffada1488948/smooth_sumac2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Smooth Sumac Blooms in late May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/d670c086-c055-436d-960b-b86e3997ce5f/star_of_bethlehem.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Star of Bethlehem Blooms in mid-April Status in Missouri: Invasive Native alternative: Cutleaf Toothwort https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/8392563c-3cfd-49fb-ac87-2b0339ddf881/black_raspberry.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Black Raspberry Blooms in early May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1628431377417-572RA6ILTZI4P7ETM5KH/partridge_pea_2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Partridge Pea Blooms in late July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1619000898163-PP1WCS9H4WB5RRQIIKUL/blackhaw.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Blackhaw Blooms in late April Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1624723200441-R7X48VPRZKMB7O4J51KA/white_sweet_clover.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - White Sweet Clover Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Invasive Native alternative: White Prairie Clover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/0d65ab21-0bee-4ac8-81ec-e321581a2bdd/dogbane4.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Dogbane Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Native Beekeeper note: Dogbane is one of our longest-flowering species, so it feeds bees from late spring to late summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/6e47a5cc-1dd9-4235-bf95-3ca882665805/fleabane2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Fleabane Blooms in mid-May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1627826278508-54S5Z24RSFDJBP55E88X/woodland_sunflower.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Woodland Sunflower Blooms in mid-July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/65b70a38-d366-4b12-b3d7-10f64febc195/prairie_onion.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Prairie Onion Blooms in late August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1594570218970-WX0TT925MHVA7DOMN8KO/bee_balm.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Bee Balm Blooms in early May Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1598810615038-KPW0IC9DM36JH9GM1P4F/blue_mistflower.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Blue Mistflower Blooms in late August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/cb11d2b2-acee-4f55-aaec-64bb630420d5/virginia_bluebell.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Virginia Bluebell Blooms in late March Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/3f3ad292-7606-48eb-903d-64868c10da45/comfrey.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Comfrey Blooms in mid-April Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/42ab685c-048a-4bba-8b92-243406f611b9/goldenrod_early.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Early Goldenrods Blooms in early July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/816274f0-acaf-40b9-bddf-1d067bbd7691/white_heath_aster2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - White Asters Blooms in mid-September Status in Missouri: Native Beekeeper note: Aster species are challenging to identify, so I’m lumping some white asters together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1598576002292-X6MPPXQA5UCGV29784R3/late_thoroughwort.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Late Boneset Blooms in late August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/57acead7-ab6b-475f-9b6a-92bf9a659c23/wild_garlic.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Wild Garlic Blooms in late June Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/453792f1-fa1a-4564-b3dc-ad47fc1133f1/shasta_daisy.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Shasta Daisy Blooms in mid-June Status in Missouri: Introduced Beekeeper note: A garden cross between multiple daisies, including max chrysanthemum, which grows wild in some areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/8ae86e28-605d-4b80-ad28-a3bb19b68c70/wingstem_2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Wingstem Blooms in early August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/45081282-2d39-4e49-a817-d71c6e2b4dff/whorled_milkweed.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Whorled Milkweed Blooms in early July Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/ea5698f6-0585-4862-b1c6-4d32be32e903/lilac.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Lilac Blooms in mid-April Status in Missouri: Introduced Beekeeper note: Mostly used by longer-tongued pollinators, but the shorter flowers on some lilacs are likely accessible by honey bees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/ef0241c4-c867-4be3-a797-8cdd1c26416d/silver_maple2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Silver Maple Blooms in mid-February Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/152c03af-fe70-4f85-9b5e-0ad5eb3edbca/alfalfa.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Alfalfa Blooms in late May Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/1627828096207-GV76J6UFAL0ITRMCN13E/new_england_aster.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - New England Aster Blooms in mid-August Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/3b1609fb-6151-4679-a2df-94bf10e603a7/moth_mullein.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Moth Mullein Blooms in late May Status in Missouri: Introduced https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/94c95474-6242-497d-b715-8f867a30eb3a/golden_currant.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Golden Currant Blooms in late March Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/b973a5fe-7b04-4ed4-ab21-209e31eb46a6/chives.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Wild Chives Blooms in late April Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/713a8bd3-0239-4fd9-bf10-ec588934686c/elderberry2.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - Elderberry Blooms in early June Status in Missouri: Native https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59d70b91c534a520dace45b1/ffd53475-4ac7-4dc7-ae15-e8d77b7f9166/evening_primrose.jpg Honey Bee Food Sources - 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