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Only 1 day left to enter our World Bee Day contest 🐝🐝🐝 Leave us a photo of your bees in the comments below and you’re in! #contest #worldbeeday #beekeepers #beekeeping #honeybees #bees #apiary #apiarybook

Today is the day you’ve been waiting for! On the 20th of May, the whole world celebrates Bee Day and here at Apiary Book, we’re ready to announce the winners of our contest😀🥳 Prize 1: Christine Greenwood Prize 2: Miguel Lucero Rodriguez Prize 3: Mark Lunny Thank you, everyone!

Do you use a personalized floral calendar? A floral calendar shows the approximate date and duration of the blossoming periods for important honey and pollen plants in your area. Creating one takes a lot of time, but you can do it fast and easily with Apiary Book.

Beekeeping is full of surprises – some pleasant and others not so pleasant. How about hive robbing? Some signs that help you detect it: a calm or weak hive suddenly has a lot of activity & a sudden increase of dead bees. More advice with Apiary Book PRO: bit.ly/ApiaryBookPro

May is when the nectar collection is in full swing, and we love to observe the hive entrance. It's amazing how something so trivial can help us, beekeepers, understand what's happening with our bees. Check out these beekeeping best practices bit.ly/BPractices #beekeeping

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐞𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞❜𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭🥳 Share in the comments below pictures you've taken of your lovely bees to win🥁 Prizes bit.ly/BeeContest #Bees

Springtime for many #beekeepers is time to start new colonies and there are 3 ways that we can do it: 👉 Purchase a local nucleus colony. 👉 Capture a swarm from another colony: bit.ly/CatchSwarmGuide 👉 By installing packaged #bees. How do you start new colonies in #spring?

Any beekeeper knows that moving a beehive is not easy or fun. Apiary Book has a special feature for migratory beekeepers. It's called "Colonies Movement" and it's an easy way to keep track of your cross-country journeys. Try it out today: bit.ly/ApiaryBookDL #beekeeping #bees

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝘆? 🍀The bees are ready to get into full foraging mode. 🌞With good weather, nectar and pollen can come in thick and fast. 🐝 The queen will be reaching her greatest rate of lay Read list bit.ly/FCBpost

This photo shows pupae developing into adult bees. When 10 days old, bees secrete wax, which they then use to build a honeycomb in perfect hexagons. Why the hexagon? It provides the most amount of space using the least amount of wax. Credits: Anand Varma, @NatGeo Image Collection

Community Help is a place for beekeepers to request or offer help to other beekeepers. At Apiary Book we are committed to making sure that beekeepers get all the help they need to overcome daily challenges specific to their activity. Download the app today bit.ly/ApiaryBookDL

The level of mite infestation can be determined by several methods, each with benefits, drawbacks, and limitations. a. alcohol wash – soapy water b. sugar shake c. sticky board drop How do you test for varroa? More about honeybee pests & diseases here: bit.ly/BPractices

The ABCs of getting started with beekeeping: 1️⃣ Study All About Bees 2️⃣ Connect With Your Local Beekeeping 3️⃣ Learn How to Set Up Your Beehive 4️⃣ Learn About Beekeeping Tasks 5️⃣ Gather Beekeeping Supplies 6️⃣ Order Honey Bees 7️⃣ Download Apiary Book bit.ly/ApiaryBookDL

Meet Monique! 👩‍🦰 She is a second-year beekeeper from New Zealand who has generously shared with us a detailed account of her first-year challenges. Read her story on our blog: bit.ly/MoniqueNZ #bees #beekeeping #beekeepers #community

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐩𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐏𝐑𝐎 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟑 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 📅 Keep track of everything that matters in your apiary with our amazing PRO features: 💳 Stripe: bit.ly/Stripe30eur 💳 Paypal: bit.ly/Paypal30eur #bees #beekeeping

Wearing a full suit with gloves, only a veil, or no protective clothing at all is your choice. + You can do these to avoid being stung: 🐝 Use a smoker 🐝 Inspect on a clear, sunny day 🐝 Place your hive in a smart location 🐝 Don't walk in front of a hive 🐝 Stay calm @NatGeo

Need some help with your queen rearing process?🐝 Leave it to the Apiary Book app to make things easier for you😉 Apiary Book has an integrated Queen Rearing calendar where you can find pre-scheduled tasks and the date when they should be carried out: bit.ly/3KGakbn

Have your docile, well-behaving bees suddenly turned aggressively defensive? Let's see what might be the reasons: 👉 Queenlessness 👉 A queen with more aggressive genes 👉 Hive Robbing 👉 Alarm pheromone release 👉 Inspectng too often 👉 Rainy weather with heat and high humidity