It's mid-October, the temperatures outside are dropping and the beekeeping season is winding down. Runamuk's 2018 farm-season has certainly been…
Beekeeping in today's modern environment is probably one of the hardest forms of agriculture that exists. If you can think…
Potential new beekeepers often ask me what are the essential tools needed to get started in beekeeping? What do I…
Each winter, as we work to grow our apiary to the goal of 100 hives, I closely monitor the condition…
I am pleased to say that I managed to produce a handful of bee-utiful northern Queens from my overwintered honeybee stock.…
For the first time in my 7 years of beekeeping I am trying my hand at raising my own Queens.…
This past Saturday I installed packaged bees into the existing equipment of my recently deceased hives in the Runamuk apiary.…
It's going on 5 years now that I've been using foundationless frames in my Langstroth hives, and I've come to…
Not every beekeeper needs to use pollen patties on their hives. Here in Maine there is an abundant supply of…
March is always a dirty month. As the snow melts all of winters dirty secrets are revealed. The snow banks…