I am a first year beekeeper with one (soon to be two) hives. I am hopeful I will get a few frames of honey this first year and have been reading all I can on extraction. There are no beeks around here with extractors that I know of, and I certainly cannot justify an extractor at this point. I...

Good afternoon all. There is a real possibility that I can be in the patch of tropical storm/hurricane Irene. I have a couple of questions about securing the hive and high winds. I am hoping some of you out there have gone through a tropical storm or other event with high winds. I have 2...