Tag Archive for: Bees

Episode 329. Farmer Veteran Reaches Thousands Through Beekeeping 

In this episode of Voices from the Field, Margo Hale, Director…
Beehive on fence post

Free Bees, Part Two: Keeping Them

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Agriculture Specialist In a previous…
Bees in walls behind soffit

Free Bees, Part One: Finding Them

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Agriculture Specialist As a beekeeper,…
Bee hive

Beekeeping: Overwintering Bees in Warm Places

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist I…

Alternative Pollinators: Native Bees

photo collage showing Geese, Goats, Pigs, Chickens, an Apiary, and a Cow

Small-Scale Livestock Production

Bees' disrupted home

Advanced Beekeeping

Sometimes, in the course of events, having knowledge leads folks in odd directions. One of those directions could even be driving down the highway with a chunk of tree full of bees. A fellow needed help with said bees. He’d knocked them and their tree over with his tractor while mowing. He knew the tree to be dead and took the opportunity to start preparing it for burning. It didn’t go so well for him.
By Justin Duncan, Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Episode 214. Attracting and Protecting Pollinators

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture…

Beekeeping for Beginners

Are you interested in keeping honeybees or just learning more…

Beekeeping Basics: Making Splits

Back in the day, I learned beekeeping at Prairie View A&M University Greenhouse where I started their apiary. Cecil Fry, one of the university’s electricians, started me off and even gave me a hive. With his training as a launch pad, we trained agriculture students and local producers how to be beekeepers.
By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Tag Archive for: Bees

Episode 329. Farmer Veteran Reaches Thousands Through Beekeeping 

In this episode of Voices from the Field, Margo Hale, Director…
Beehive on fence post

Free Bees, Part Two: Keeping Them

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Agriculture Specialist In a previous…
Bees in walls behind soffit

Free Bees, Part One: Finding Them

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Agriculture Specialist As a beekeeper,…
Bee hive

Beekeeping: Overwintering Bees in Warm Places

By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist I…

Alternative Pollinators: Native Bees

photo collage showing Geese, Goats, Pigs, Chickens, an Apiary, and a Cow

Small-Scale Livestock Production

Bees' disrupted home

Advanced Beekeeping

Sometimes, in the course of events, having knowledge leads folks in odd directions. One of those directions could even be driving down the highway with a chunk of tree full of bees. A fellow needed help with said bees. He’d knocked them and their tree over with his tractor while mowing. He knew the tree to be dead and took the opportunity to start preparing it for burning. It didn’t go so well for him.
By Justin Duncan, Sustainable Agriculture Specialist

Episode 214. Attracting and Protecting Pollinators

In this episode of Voices from the Field, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture…

Beekeeping for Beginners

Are you interested in keeping honeybees or just learning more…

Beekeeping Basics: Making Splits

Back in the day, I learned beekeeping at Prairie View A&M University Greenhouse where I started their apiary. Cecil Fry, one of the university’s electricians, started me off and even gave me a hive. With his training as a launch pad, we trained agriculture students and local producers how to be beekeepers.
By Justin Duncan, NCAT Sustainable Agriculture Specialist