backyard apiculture

My partner and I live in mid-Michigan, on some wooded property outside a small community. We are novice beekeepers with two English garden hives set on two-foot-tall hive stands that our Amish neighbor made for us. We just got our bees last weekend...are having some major problems with them (see...

Hello all! I'm just another person jumping onto the backyard apiculture bandwagon. Truth to tell, I've had bees on the brain for a few years now - ever since I bought a house with a decently-sized backyard - but those dreams have been delayed by the tasks inherent in fixing up said house. One...