Mar 03
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Feb 29
The weather forecast was calling for rain, but it cleared out early and the day was warm, humid and sunny with a light breeze. The bees were very, very active. Unlike yesterday, the bees were virtually ignoring the dry pollen substitute I had put out for them. A quick inspection of the activity told me …
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Feb 25
We were able to clean up most of the wood on the barn in the fall. The foundation took a lot longer. In part because bee season had started, but also because of the weight and amount of the flagstone and brick foundation and concrete floor. The good news was that there was no reinforcing …
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Feb 12
What goes up must come down. I hated to see the old barn come down. We had advertised the barn for sale for more than a year with no real interest at any price. Even at $500 or best offer. (See the link for pictures before the tear down)
So it came time to …
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Feb 08
We are just a week into February and we have yet to have the really cold weather one expects in Ohio for January and February. We really haven’t had a prolonged period that has been below freezing. Last week we had a few days in the upper 40s and even a day that broke the …
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Feb 06
I’m working on redoing the entire website using the wordpress engine. I’ve simply outgrown the old software and wordpress has evolved significantly over the past several years. I don’t really care for the current look and will hopefully be changing it over the coming weeks. Any feedback (good or bad) is welcome.
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Feb 02
It’s been entirely too long since I’ve had a change to post any updates here. Beekeeping and life in general was just too much to do and have time to update the website. My wife complains that I can never say no… and I suppose it’s true to a point. I’m now also secretary of …
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Apr 20
This has had to be the most consistently cold April that I can recall in the past many years. The next 4 days aren’t looking much better either though it’s actually on the warm side compared to the past few days with highs that only were in the mid 40s.
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Jan 10
Belated Happy New Year!
It's been a cold winter so far this year and it looks like the cold weather will be around for awhile. The 10 day forecast doesn't show anything above freezing. There isn't much one can do with the bees besides repairing old equipment and preparing new for the upcoming year. And …
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Apr 22
We just received our 3rd shipment of package bees from Gardner's Apiaries. Like the past 3 shipments they have been on time and look to be in great shape. We hived one ourselves from the first shipment and it is building up strong. I've heard a lot of people still looking for packages or that …
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