Most experienced beekeepers will tell you that it is best to get your bees from local breeders. Tennessee weather makes it very difficult to have nucs raised locally that will be ready in March. With few exceptions nucs that are advertised for pick up earlier than late April or early May were raised/split elsewhere and shipped to our area. It is a common practice for commercial beekeepers that take bees for pollination in early January to sell the bees when they return in late February or...

Queen laying an egg After finding a mate or several mates, the Queen honey bee dedicates her life to her duties. Her role is to replace...

The biggest reason bees use comb is for storage – for honey, pollen, and the place where the queen lays her eggs, and the bees raise...