Series
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How I Got Into Bees
Post 1 of 29 in the AZ Hive series The honest answer is “a high school friend, forty years, and…
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From a Swarm to Our First Langstroth
Post 2 of 29 in the AZ Hive series Two days after the swarm arrived, we already had a bigger…
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The Early Days: Swarm Traps, Vented Bottoms, and Hive Stands
Post 3 of 29 in the AZ Hive series The first month went by fast. By May 10 — four…
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What I Read and Watched While the World Was Closed
Post 4 of 29 in the AZ Hive series There were no bee club meetings to attend. Spring 2020 was…
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Why I Started Looking Beyond Langstroth
Lifting heavy honey supers got old fast. The Layens and the long Langstroth almost won me over.
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Vertical vs. Horizontal: Why the Bees Helped Me Decide
Post 6 of 29 in the AZ Hive series In winter, a colony of bees forms a tight cluster —…
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Meet the AZ Hive: A Slovenian Original
Post 7 of 29 in the AZ Hive series The name is misleading. “AZ” has nothing to do with Arizona.…
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Traditional AZ vs. My American AZ
Post 8 of 29 in the AZ Hive series The bones of the design are the same. Rear-operated, frames load…
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Anatomy of an AZ Frame
Post 9 of 29 in the AZ Hive series The first thing I drew was a frame. Most off-the-shelf beekeeping…
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The IPM Tray: Pest Management on the Bottom Floor
Post 10 of 29 in the AZ Hive series On the bottom floor of each hive sits a removable tray…