The Hive Mind

Secrets on maintaining and overwintering mini mating nucs in Wisconsin.

Put on your thinking cap because we are about to dive into what the data says about winter losses in the US. It’s time to discuss “why...

Over the years, we have tested out a lot of honey bee feeders here at Lloyd St Bees. We have found that every feeder has its purpose in...

An important part of that process is getting a few years of success down before dashing towards a different hive design.

When you receive your nuc from us, it comes packaged in a white plastic box called an EZ Nuc or Jester Nuc box. These boxes are totally...

Packing colonies allows bees to share heat, block wind and creates a larger thermal mass.

Let’s take a moment to look back on the past of wintering bees in WI

When it comes to honey bee eyes, more is better.

Help From V's Bees With This Years Mite Resistance Data At the end of every season here at Lloyd St. Bees, we like to give a recap of how...

With winter bees, less is more at Lloyd St. Bees We have officially finished packing our bees up for winter here at LSB! The only thing...

by Adrian Quiney – Author of “The Cavity Compromise" I was woken up by my phone ringing. Ann-Marie, the evening supervisor, was offering...

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...

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