A genuine live bee removal relocates the colony into a hive box, but many'bee removal' calls actually end in extermination rather than relocation — the two outcomes are different processes worth understanding before you hire someone.
Published research supports parts of the case for regenerative farming helping bees — no-till protects ground-nesting habitat and flowering cover crops draw more pollinators — but the broader claim that no-till is automatically bee-friendly is not settled.
Plain glass with a metal lid remains the most sustainable honey packaging for small sellers, but recycled-content plastics, flexible pouches, and emerging water-soluble formats each solve a different part of the waste problem glass alone does not.
Most old beekeeping equipment can be cleaned, repaired, donated, or upcycled rather than thrown out — except comb or gear from a colony that died of an unknown or disease-related cause, which needs far more careful handling.
USDA ARS researcher Julia Fine found a compound that restores amitraz's killing power against Varroa mites that have evolved resistance to it.
A 2026 UC Riverside study found that Southern California's feral, genetically mixed honeybee colonies are surviving Varroa mites without treatment better than managed European stock, hinting at what natural resistance actually looks like.
Regenerative apiary siting means rotating hive locations the way rotational grazing rests pasture — here is how to spot an over-taxed site and build a real rotation plan.
What the IRS actually says about bartered honey being taxable, where honey sits legally as a raw agricultural product, and how vendor trading really works at farmers markets.
A practical comparison of trailer types, capacity, load-securing, and loading equipment for beekeepers moving colonies for pollination or apiary relocation.