Mar 24
It’s been in the mid 40′s and still below the average for this time of year for several days and we even received a light dusting of snow last night. Still the bees have been active almost every day when it’s sunny and breaks 40 degrees. I’m actually rather surprised by how active they are …
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Mar 17
We have had some weather in the mid 40′s to 50′s in the past week, plenty warm enough for bees to fly on most days. I have yet to see any real pollen coming in, and the activity at the pollen bucket pretty much confirms my observation. When it got into the 50′s the bucket …
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Mar 03
Yesterday was in the mid 40s and was a good time to do the first inspection of the season and install pollen patties on the hives. The forecast was for a high of 50 with Monday being even warmer, but with a narrow window and rain being called for on Monday, today was the day. …
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Feb 26
The local association’s meeting was canceled tonight due to snow. This gave me a little bit of time to work on the honey stick machine that’s been left sitting for awhile while I caught up on other things. I was able to finish and test the final 4 to 8 decoder previously built …
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Feb 25
I Spent some time this evening making pollen patties. I now have around 110 ready and waiting in the freezer to go on the hives the next warm spell we have. Hopefully that will be in just another week or two in time to get the bees moving shortly before the maple trees start …
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Feb 23
Snow was still on the ground today with temperatures only reaching 35F. It was sunny and calm so some bees took the chance to make cleansing flights in spite of the temperature. Some unfortunately didn’t make it back to the hive and died in the snow. The sight of dead bees in the snow around …
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Feb 21
Pictured below is my new bee yard. Actually it’s not so new anymore and this post is a bit out of order as this picture was taken last April. I was approached this spring by my wifes insurance agent for her business about placing some bees on his property. It’s a beautiful location on …
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Feb 06
I’m not really sure if Winter is here or not. So far this year we’ve had 0 degree weather followed by temperatures in the high 60s. Then snow, temperatures in the teens and sustained 40-50 mile winds. Followed by 50′s, thunderstorms and significant flooding. And it looks like it will be snowing and in the …
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Nov 29
It’s getting quite late in the year for mowing lawns, but I’ve been putting it off for several weeks waiting for the leaves to fall so they would be mulched up. Of course most have fallen a fe weeks ago and I couldn’t even use the ‘bee work’ excuse as to why it hasn’t been …
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Nov 02
Frost has been on the ground the past couple of mornings and the trees are turning from green to gold and red. Not a hard freeze yet, but enough to kill the more delicate plants and some trees have only just started changing color. At least it looks and feels like the the beginning to …
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