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Why Did My Bees Die?

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

Do Bees Sleep?

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...

Why Two Nucs Are Better Than One

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,...

Featured Bee: Heater Bees

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...

Featured Bee: Soldier Bees

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

Featured Bee: Guard Bee

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

Mated Queen Introductions

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...

What makes our Nucs so great?

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....

What is a Nuc?

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

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