Archive for January, 2009

Facts on Honey and Cinnamon

January 25, 2009
posted by smabusybee

It is found that a mixture of honey and cinnamon cures most diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a ‘Ram Ban’ (very effective) medicine or all kinds of diseases.


Honey can be more »

Local Honey, Health and Allergies

January 24, 2009
posted by BizzyBee

As one who makes his living by writing about allergies and asthma I am often asked about the potential health benefits of using local honey.


Honey contains bits and pieces of pollen and honey, and as an immune system booster, it is quite powerful. I have often more »

Africanized Honeybees

January 24, 2009
posted by BizzyBee

An Africanized honeybee is a honeybee hybrid strain, originated in Brazil, that is a cross-breed between a European honeybee and an African honeybee subspecies, apis mellifera scutellata, a.m. adonsonii, or a.m. intermissa.  The Africanized honeybee, called the more »

How do I hive my package bees?

January 20, 2009
posted by Laura Weaver

Have your hive ready before the package bees arrive. Be sure the hive has been provided with honey or sugar syrup for feed. The entrance of the hive should be reduced to a width of about 2 inches by stuffing grass or newspaper into the entrance slot. Do not close the entrance completely because more »

Make sure your hive does not have a queen. Remove the cork from the candy end of the queen cage. Wedge the queen cage between two of the center frames with the screen on the cage exposed downward toward the bottom of the hive so that the bees can access the queen through the screen. The bees must more »

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