Happy, healthy honeybees of good "survivor stock" are crucial to a new hive's success. Here's how to find the best breeders when buying bees.
In this Q&A, we also hear from readers curious about chicken illness and injuries as well as whether and when to wash fresh eggs.
Keep your chickens active and happy during the winter chill with these tasty, entertaining treats as supplements to their regular diet.
Researchers studying Spanish honeybees reveal how hotter, drier summers create a cascade of issues for bees and their keepers.
In the fourth part of this series, we continue alphabetically through chicken ailments, covering keel cyst, kinky back, Marek's and Newcastle diseases, and nutritional disorders.
If you're new to raising pigs, it's not always obvious when they're at slaughter weight. This tape-measure trick can give you an idea of a pig's weight.
A program administered by the Bureau of Land Management has sent some 240,000 animals to private care since it started in 1971. Here's how it works.
The sticky substance that aggravates beekeepers benefits collective and individual honeybee health. Researchers have triggered bees to forage for more resin to produce propolis, and so can you.
Winter temperatures, snow and ice create challenges for people caring for chickens. Use these suggestions we've learned in Michigan to make those duties as tolerable as possible.
Camels, low-maintenance animals that originated in North America, are cold-hardy and heat-resistant. They produce lots of milk and can be raised for meat and hides. Do they have a future in the American Southwest?
Winter is the time to look ahead and plan the coming year. We plan to add Runner Ducks, separate chickens and guineas, and (because we have 24 geese) start selling eggs.
Follow these guidelines on terminology, animals, preparation, bidding and other aspects of buying livestock at an auction or sale barn.
