The Hive Mind

The temptation of getting bees as early as possible drives beekeepers to fuel the importation of packages and nucs from the south or west...

Why Virgin Queens: Virgin Queens Take the Throne Best We wrote the book on using virgin queens successfully, literally! We love using...

Every winter and spring there is a flood of beekeepers reaching out on websites, forums and groups asking the same question, why did my...

Just because you place a queen in a colony, doesn’t make it mite resistant immediately. No matter the queen, it will take 45 days post...

Our best guess is........yes, bees do sleep. Overall, bees spend about 17% of their time sleeping for durations of 21 minutes or so with...

Telling a customer to buy two nucs instead of one isn’t a marketing scheme, it’s a great investment in your beekeeping adventure. To us,...

Bee Role: Heater Bee A colony spends approximately 6.4% of their time keeping the brood warm at about 95F. To do this, it takes heater...

We often get asked what makes our bees mite resistant.. The answer is simple, varroa sensitive hygiene or VSH for short. VSH is not a...

VSH Post

I was interviewed by Michael Schlesinger at CBS58 about what we all can do to improve the future of these precious pollinators. Check it...

Bee Role: Soldier Bee We previously discussed the role of guard bees (picture A), soldier bees (picture B) are their counterparts. Once...

Guards are a subset of the bees on the entrance or landing board. Guards show a distinctive posture with their wings spread and their...

Featured Bee: Fanner Bees

For those who may not know what a push in cage is, it is used for queen introduction and allows the queen to lay during the introduction...

We have Wisconsin nucs born and bred in Wisconsin and sold only in Wisconsin. ​ Why is this important? We are unique here at Lloyd St....

Welcome to the world of beekeeping! If you haven't purchased your woodenware yet, I would highly suggest purchasing the overwintered...

Supplies -Two nucs: We always advise our customers to run at least two colonies. You will thank us later. -Smoker: I suggest a dadant...

A nuc (pronounced like NUKE) is a fully functioning colony, just smaller. It contains an accepted, marked and laying queen, eggs, larvae,...