Mind Your Hives Beekeeping

Get those hives strong going into winter and then you can split in the spring! Here's Greg chatting about all things splits while doing one. There's many styles of beekeeping and this is our main style of making splits. Cheers!

Splitting a Honey Bee Hive - Start to Finish At Kara Jo Bee Farm we have managed to double the size of our apiary each year by splitting almost all our hives each spring and getting them into winter hea...

When we were beginners (and lets be honest, even after 8 years we still are!), seeing a realistic look at a hive coming out of winter would have been really nice. So...thats what we did. No frills, just Greg talking as he inspects. Hope it helps. Feel free to give it a like and subscribe. Cheers y'all.

First Spring Inspection of an over-wintered Honey Bee hive! It is the end of March and Greg is doing the first inspections of our hives coming out of winter. Watch him do the inspection while he gives his thoughts on...

New podcast episode is live! Ep. 19 - Did Honey Bees Really Bring Down a Cannabis Kingpin?? Check us out wherever you listen.

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New MYH Podcast Episode! On 'The Bee Side: Regenerative Farming with Thom Pearsall' we're talking with Farmer Thom from Everwild Farm in Ambler, PA!

There's so much crossover to how Everwild approaches farming and how Kara Jo Bee Farm approaches beekeeping so we threw a suit on Thom, went into some hives then sat down for a chat! We hope you get a glimpse into why we love knowing where our food comes from and how you can take some regenerative practices into your home garden. Cheers!

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We haven't been very public about our situation since Hurricane Ida bc honestly...every time we are asked what happened its like reliving the situation.

A few weeks ago we were able to sit down and talk about it into the mics...here is that episode - "Hurricane Ida F*** YOU". We have a lot of gratitude for the people that have helped us get to this point.

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As much as we'd like to go treatment free and not worry about mites...based on the studies we have read - high mite loads in honey bees has a hugely negative affect on native pollinators...therefore we monitor. This is how we do it.

How We Test for Varroa Mites What we can only refer to as a 'necessary evil' in beekeeping...the dreaded Varroa Mite Test. Here's a quick video of how we use dish soap to do a mite wash...

Episode 7 is live!! We're talking hallucinogenic honey, why we let the bees work their magic and a fun encounter with the super talented Actor / Writer / Comedian Wil Sylvince! Hope you enjoy!

Mind Your Hives Beekeeping • A podcast on Anchor A Podcast by Beekeepers about more than just beekeeping from the owners of Kara Jo Skin Care & Bee Farm. We find bees fascinating and hope you share in our enjoyment!

We are managing a new apiary at College Settlement Camp thanks to the generous grants from both the Montgomery County and Chester County Beekeepers Associations! We're going to make this a series of videos showing the progression of this hive and in this first video we get a surprise swarm call!! Never a dull moment keeping bees!

College Settlement Camp Apiary - New Hive Introduction and a Surprise Swarm Catch! Day 1 of managing a hive at College Settlement Camp in Horsham, PA was pretty exciting! We show you the new hive, find the queen, mark her and then catch a ...

New Video up on Youtube! This was an adorable little swarm we caught in a trap last night at Glen Foerd in Philadelphia.

Turns out it was a secondary swarm with a Virgin Queen. We are currently showing it some TLC at our home apiary and are excited for the homeowners to get it back and have their first hive!! This was a fun and easy one.

Swarm Trap Success - Virgin Queen Honey Bee A tiny (but adorable) secondary swarm equipped with a Virgin Queen caught at Glen Foerd in Philadelphia, PA.

Ep.4 - Honey Bees aren't the Bees that Need Saving is up!

As hard as it is for us to say, Honey Bees aren't Native to our area and there are countless Native bees that need our help more! We talk this alongside Bee Venom Therapy updates, Swarms, Splits and what's currently happening in the hives and on the farm. Hope you enjoy.

Mind Your Hives Beekeeping • A podcast on Anchor A Podcast by Beekeepers about more than just beekeeping from the owners of Kara Jo Skin Care & Bee Farm. We find honey bees fascinating and hope you share in our enjoyment!