Beekeeper’s Guide to Hive Top Feeders

Hive top feeders are feeders designed to sit atop the outer cover of a beehive and do not require an inner cover for operation. Easy to refill and designed to protect from potential robbers, these devices help ensure beehives remain …

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Homemade Chicken Treats For Chickens

As any chicken keeper knows, providing treats for the flock helps keep them entertained and provides an important nutritional addition. Best of all? Many treats can even be created out of leftover table items and kitchen scraps! Chickens need a …

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What is Chicken Mash Feed?

There are three basic formats of homemade poultry feed: mash, crumble and pellets. Each style describes a texture preferred by poultry. Mashed feed is typically reserved for chicks, but it can also be fed to fully grown hens as part …

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Bee Supplemental Feeding

Supplemental feeding provides support to bees and their hives when their natural food sources (pollen, nectar or honey) become scarce, helping prevent starvation or loss of the hive. Supplemental feeding also assists with brood rearing and nutrition during spring, and …

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Winter Honey Bee Patties

Winter honey bee patties provide colonies that have low stores during the winter with an easy, high-carbohydrate solution for their honey bee needs. Patty contents typically include sugar, Mega Bee and Honey-B-Healthy for optimal performance. Honey bees should be fed …

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Dumor Chicken Feed Review

At most farm supply stores, there is an assortment of chicken feed available to consumers. Some products specialize in supporting dense shells such as Prairie’s Layer Booster that only contains plant proteins with added vitamins and minerals to support dense …

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Winter Bee Syrup

Sugar syrup is fed twice annually to promote brood-rearing or make up for depleted honey stores. Many beekeepers use a one-to-one ratio of water to sugar during spring feeding and two-to-one ratio during fall feeding, with 1:1 being the perfect …

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What Eats Ground Bees?

Ground bees (often called miner bees) may blight an otherwise picturesque lawn and flowerbed, yet their nest entrances serve as air aeration holes to increase water and nutrient penetration into soil. Furthermore, they offer important pollination services, particularly during apple …

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