Beekeeping Equipment

A 2024 study tracking 64 hives found queen excluders had no effect on honey yield or brood production. So why do beekeepers call them 'honey excluders' and what's driving some operations to abandon them entirely?

Double brood boxes were the standard for a century. Now beekeepers across regions are consolidating to single-box systems - here's what changed and what the production data actually shows.

Heavy propolizers glue frames so thoroughly that breaking them apart kills dozens of bees per inspection. Here's what actually happens when you pry apart stuck equipment and why some beekeepers are changing how they manage it.

You can set up frames for 60 cents each or nearly $2 per frame. Both contain hexagonal cell patterns. Both work. So what's that extra $1.40 buying you?

Sensors that predict swarming three days early. Scales that identify robbing behavior from weight patterns. Temperature monitors that prevented 60% winter losses. Smart hive tech moved from research labs to working apiaries.