The beekeeping hobby is full of opinions and advice—and not all of it is good. We separate truth from several common beekeeping myths.

These easy techniques help you attract customers, spark conversations and share information about beekeeping at the farmers market.

In part five of this series, we continue alphabetically through chicken ailments, covering omphalitis, pasted vent, pox, rations, reproductive health, respiratory health and sour crop.

To best interact with your bees, wear something that’s comfortable while also calming to bees. Here are tips on clothing and other preparation.

Preparation for a hive move happens in two stages: getting the beekeepers and equipment ready, and getting the hive ready.

Getting your birds off to a healthy start sets the stage for how they’ll lay for years to come. In the first of three parts, we tell you how to establish great laying hens.

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 part four of this series, we continue alphabetically through chicken ailments, covering keel cyst, kinky back, Marek’s and Newcastle diseases, and nutritional disorders.

Honey is incredible, delicious and fascinating, and it relies on hard work—both from the tireless bees and their human stewards.

Bees have precise requirements for their hives, and there is no room for error. New beekeepers should not put their colonies at risk.