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Finding Quality Honey Bee Queens for Sale: A Guide to Enhancing Your Apiary

Introducing a new queen bee into your hive can significantly impact its productivity and overall health. This blog explores the importance of choosing quality honey bee queens for sale and provides insights into selecting the right queen for your apiary needs. For a selection of honey bee queens, visit Meyer Bees. Understanding the Role of […]

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Mastering the Bee Smoker: Essential Tool for Beekeeping Success

By Dave Meyer

Beekeeping is a delicate art that requires the right tools for both the safety of the beekeeper and the well-being of the hive. One such indispensable tool is the bee smoker. This blog explores the importance of a bee smoker in beekeeping practices and how it enhances the management of bees. For more information on

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Finding Quality Honey Bee Nucs for Sale in Illinois

By Meyer Bees

If you’re a beekeeper in Illinois or planning to become one, finding the right honey bee nucs (nucleus colonies) is a crucial step in establishing a successful hive. Nucs are essentially small, established colonies that come with a queen, workers, and brood, offering a head start for your beekeeping venture. In this blog, we’ll delve

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The Benefits of Italian Queen Bees for Your Apiary

By Dave Meyer

Selecting the right queen bee is crucial for the health and productivity of your hive. Among the various options available, Italian queen bees are a popular choice for many beekeepers due to their desirable traits and ease of management. In this blog, we’ll explore the benefits of Italian queen bees, why they are a top

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Discover the Joy of Tasting with a Honey Sampler

By Dave Meyer

Honey lovers and enthusiasts alike are always on the lookout for new flavors and varieties to experience. A honey sampler offers a unique opportunity to explore different types of honey, each with its own distinctive taste, texture, and aroma. Whether you’re a seasoned beekeeper or someone who enjoys the simple pleasures of a sweet treat,

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Bee Nuc for Sale in Chicago: Boost Your Hive with a Strong Colony

By Dave Meyer

When starting or expanding a beekeeping operation, acquiring a healthy, established colony is essential. One of the best ways to do this is by purchasing a bee nuc. For beekeepers in the Chicago area, Meyer Bees offers high-quality bee nucs for sale in Chicago, providing everything you need to ensure your hive thrives. Whether you’re

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Bee Nuc Transport Guidelines

By Dave Meyer

Bee Nuc Transport Guidelines for our 5 frame nucs and other useful tips for getting your nuc bees home and into your beekeeping equipment. This article discusses the cardboard nuc boxes and also the Pro-Nuc boxes and things to consider to safely transport your 5 frame bee nuc so the bees do not get stressed

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Blossom Honey / Varietal Honey

By Dave Meyer

Blossom Honey is created when the bees forage on a single nectar source creating a varietal honey with the unique character of that flower. There are several flowers that are abundant enough to produce varietal honey. A good selection of blossom honey can found in our Honey Advent Calendar Sampler.

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Swarm Removal

By Dave Meyer

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Installing Bee Nucs

By Dave Meyer

Installing 5-frame bee nucs and moving the frames and bees from a nuc box into your full sized hive equipment is a fairly straightforward process. However, there is room for error that can cause your nuc to potentially stall and get off to a slow start. In this article, we will step through the process.

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