Beekeeping

Geez, Sam!

It's mid-October, the temperatures outside are dropping and the beekeeping season is winding down. Runamuk's 2018 farm-season has certainly been…

7 years ago

State of the Apiary Address

Beekeeping in today's modern environment is probably one of the hardest forms of agriculture that exists. If you can think…

7 years ago

What are the Essential Tools Needed to Get Started in Beekeeping?

Potential new beekeepers often ask me what are the essential tools needed to get started in beekeeping? What do I…

8 years ago

Feeding bees pollen-patties in early spring

Each winter, as we work to grow our apiary to the goal of 100 hives, I closely monitor the condition…

8 years ago

Bee-utiful northern Queens!

I am pleased to say that I managed to produce a handful of bee-utiful northern Queens from my overwintered honeybee stock.…

8 years ago

Queen-rearing: if at first you don’t succeed…

For the first time in my 7 years of beekeeping I am trying my hand at raising my own Queens.…

8 years ago

Installing Packaged Bees

This past Saturday I installed packaged bees into the existing equipment of my recently deceased hives in the Runamuk apiary.…

8 years ago

3 Reasons To Go Foundationless In Your Langstroth Beehive

It's going on 5 years now that I've been using foundationless frames in my Langstroth hives, and I've come to…

8 years ago

How To Make Pollen Patties

Not every beekeeper needs to use pollen patties on their hives. Here in Maine there is an abundant supply of…

8 years ago

April apiary update

March is always a dirty month. As the snow melts all of winters dirty secrets are revealed. The snow banks…

9 years ago