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Keeping your bees alive. We get hundreds of calls every Spring with folks telling us they opened their hive to find a pile of dead bees. “Hey Petric’s I opened my hive and found my bees dead” Us: When is the last time you checked your beehives? “Closed them up […]

You made the awesome decision of getting started in beekeeping last year and your bees made it through Spring, Summer, and Fall. Soon, we’ll be coming out of winter. What should you expect? What should you do? This is really a matter of opinion. There are many different things you […]

So you purchased a beehive or nuc from petricbees.com and now the box is getting full and you don’t really know what’s next. Don’t worry! We are here to help! Upon inspecting your now single box beehive, you find that it looks pretty full. What should you do? A typical […]

The Life Cycle of a Honey Bee. Honey bees develop in four life cycles, egg, larva, pupa, and adult. The total development time varies among the three bees, queen, worker or drone but the basic process is the same. 24 days for drones, 21 days for worker bees, and 16 […]

Checking your beehive for the first time, what to look for and what to expect. Make sure you are prepared before visiting your hive. There are several items you are going to want to bring with you to ensure a successful check of your new bees. You’ll need your suit, […]

Installing Your Bees Into Your BeeHiveYou’ve built your bee hive, and have picked out the brood of bees to take up residence in it. Now is the fun part—adding your bees to your beehive. The most crucial thing to remember during this part of the process is that you be […]

Choosing The Bees To Populate Your Hive You have your hive built, and you have it located where it will now call home. The next step is to add your bees. Many new beekeepers believe that you only need to buy some bees and a queen, put them in the […]

Building Your HiveYou’ve done your studying, and you have a pretty good idea of what is involved in becoming a beekeeper. As a result, you have decided to give it a try. Great! The next step is to build out your beehive. It may sound like a quick decision to […]

How To Get Started In BeekeepingBees have been making honey for what scientists estimate to be millions of years. The honey itself has a fantastic shelf life in and of itself. An explorer once found a 2000-year-old jar of honey, when excavating an Egyptian tomb, and stated that it tasted […]

Welcome to our new beekeeping sales websites. We sell bees and beekeeping supplies in Kansas City, and the surrounding areas. If you are looking for Bees, hives, Nucs, packages, or anything else beekeeping related in Fontana Kansas, Adrian Missouri, Topeka Kansas, Manhattan Kansas, Wichita Kansas, Columbia Missouri, Springfield Missouri, and […]