Take a video tour of our hives with Anita Deeley! Watch Anita Deeley of Beverly Bees demonstrate the inner workings of a honey bee hive to Sandra Lawson of Get Your Garden Growing. This video was recorded by BevCam in … Continue reading
Category Archives: Treatment Free Beekeeping

September 16, 2014
by Anita Deeley
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What is Treatment Free Beekeeping?
What is Treatment Free Beekeeping? You may have heard the term “Treatment Free Beekeeping” or “Treatment Free Beekeeper.” You also many have heard a beekeeper or two get riled up in great support or vehemently against this type of beekeeping. … Continue reading

April 1, 2014
by Anita Deeley
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Bee Winter Survival Rate and Exciting News!
It’s Been A Hard Winter For Bees In MA 2013-2014 has been hard winter for bees everywhere and Massachusetts is no exception. I know beekeepers throughout the area who have lost bees, and many have lost all their bees – … Continue reading

March 15, 2013
by Anita Deeley
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Dee Lusby Organic Beekeeper
Dee Lusby Organic Beekeeper Recently, I had the pleasure of attending the Organic Beekeeping Conference in Oracle, Arizona. This event is put together every year by Dee Lusby, the queen of Organic and Treatment Free Beekeeping. Dee Lusby is a … Continue reading

January 11, 2013
by Anita Deeley
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Death of a Hive: A Postmortem Analysis
Death of a Hive: A Postmortem Analysis It is with great sadness that I write this post and one of the reasons it has been a while since I have posted last. Of course this was also partly due to … Continue reading

September 25, 2012
by Anita Deeley
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Sam Comfort Inspects A Warre Nuc
Sam Comfort Inspects A Warre Nuc At the Treatment Free Beekeepers Conference, one of the hive styles Sam Comfort from Anarchy Apiaries talked about was the Warre hive. A Warre hive is a vertical top bar hive. This hive is … Continue reading