Summer Gardening Tips to Support Native Bees in Hot Weather
Looking to foster a buzzing ecosystem in your summer garden despite the heat? Here are some tips to ensure native bees thrive in warmer...
How to Create Your Own Backyard Bee Habitat
Whether you have hives of your own or are simply looking to make your backyard more bee-friendly for native bees, there are a few easy...
Honey Bee and EEE Pesticide Spraying
Great Lakes Bee Supply recommends, to all beekeepers in Southwest Michigan and those affected in other counties, that starting no later...
John Ball Zoo Opens Honey Bee Exhibit
An observation hive exhibit has arrived at the John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids! Through the entrance, up the hill past the American bald...
I added my nuc weeks ago, but they aren't using any new frames yet?
We get thousands of calls from beekeepers all over Michigan and many from other states about beekeeping. Some problems are new and...
Comparing your hives
Is my big hive just extra strong or is my smaller hive too weak? In our classes we often mention the benefits to starting or having more...
Deformed Wing Virus
By no means is Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) the only thing that can kill a hive, but it certainly is more common that you think. Deformed...
It’s Butterfly Time at Frederik Meijer Gardens
Now through April 30, 2019, head to Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids to see the nation’s largest temporary...
Conservation Ecologist Shares Bee Research
Studying the behavior of various bee species and their habitat activity in restored prairies is the research of Sean Griffin, Michigan...
Winter Hive Happenings
Since there is no peeking in a hive until the outside temperature reaches a minimum of 65 F, one might wonder how honey bees are...
