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By North 40 Outfitters and Thomas Hopkins Whether you’re looking to increase the robustness of your garden or you’re harvesting the honey flow, when you’re dealing with thousands of bees, you have to pay attention. Bees are sophisticated. (One glance into the core of a nest and you can see the layers of organization and the strategy it takes to build it.) At the same time, however, with some planning and research, bees are also really manageable. Have more questions about beekeeping? Get started here. Keeping that in mind, did you know that there are nearly 20,000 known species of bees and that honey bees make up only a small portion of that number? Here at North 40, we exclusively carry Italian Carniolan hybrid honey bees because these bees feature the best traits of both Italian and Carniolan bees. What are Itali...

When it comes to choosing the best meat for smoking, you’ll want to look for meat that has the same thickness and consistency throughout. Plus, you’ll also want to look for marbling which helps hold the smoke flavoring. Watch and learn as we share our favorite tips for choosing the best meat for smoking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eovjOts2yw Video Transcription What do I look for When Picking the Meat I would Like to Smoke? Hey, this is Alfonso with North 40 Outfitters. And today I'm going to talk to you about meat selection for your smoking purposes. When it comes to smoking and meat selection, what I really look for is a piece of meat that has nice presentation on it. What I'm really looking for is some consistency throughout the piece of meat. So, I just want things to be the same thickness throughout. O...

Preparing pork for smoking in a smoker is easier than you think. Watch and learn as we share our simple step by step instructions for delicious and savory smoked pork. Video Transcription How do I Prepare my Meat for Smoking? Hey everybody, this is Alfonso with North 40 Outfitters. And today I'm going to show you how to prep pork for smoking on your grill. First thing we're going to do is going to take a look at our meat and do a little bit of trimming. Really what I'm looking for is I want to have good presentation to whoever I'm serving this. You want to have something that looks nice and is pleasant to eat. I'm going to trim a little bit of this fat on there. How do I Trim and Season my Meat Properly for the Best Smoke? This is a pork butt which is a pretty big piece of meat. As you can see, it's got a lot of fat on ...