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DIY mouse-guards: how and when to install them on your beehive

Harvest is now past, the leaves are falling from the trees to blanket the Earth as we move deeper into the…

9 years ago

Feeding Bees in the Fall

It's that time of year when beekeepers are ramping up winter preparations for their beehives. We're inspecting hives for colony…

10 years ago

Butchering Meat Rabbits

**WARNING** This article discusses the slaughtering and butchering of livestock. The images below may not be appropriate for all audiences. On…

10 years ago

DIY screened bottom board “sticky-stuff”

The beginning of August signifies the end of the spring nectar flow here in Maine. At this point in the…

10 years ago

Plants for pollinators

By now it's fairly common knowledge that bees and pollinators are in trouble. The media has spread the word of Colony…

10 years ago

What do farmers at Johnny’s Seeds say are the biggest challenges facing farmers today?

Though farmers in general are a dedicated lot, farming has never been easy and today's beginning farmers face numerous obstacles.…

10 years ago

Resources recommended by Johnny’s Seeds farmers

Beginning farmers face a myriad of challenges and obstacles along their chosen career path. Operating and owning a farm has become…

10 years ago

Favorite things from the farmers and gardeners at Johnny’s Seeds

How could any beginning farmer go into a company like Johnny's Selected Seeds, find themselves surrounded by a spectrum of…

10 years ago

The sustainable apiary─brood factories & bee bombs

For years now Mike Palmer of French Hill Apiaries in St. Albans, Vermont, has been working to convince beekeepers that…

10 years ago

Working with beeswax

Carol Cottrill is a former president of the Maine State Beekeepers' Association and has held a number of other positions…

10 years ago