Nov 11
Old beekeeping articles always fascinate me, both for the knowledge and insight that often was forgotten and has been reintroduced as a new things, and also for the ideas that apparently didn’t seem to make it off the ground. This is an example of the latter. I have yet to see any beekeeper with a …
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Nov 09
Another beekeeping season has come to an end. As some of our readers have notice, I haven’t had the time to keep up on the website and blog as numerous other things had to be done instead. So I’m a bit relieved to have made it through the season but also a bit worried about …
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Apr 03
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Apr 01
It looks like the long warm spell of March is over. We should be starting our first grafts this coming week and the weather forecast only predicts one day that even reaches 70 degrees. A big change from the last few weeks where nearly every day was in the 70′s.
With the use of an …
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Mar 22
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Mar 11
Just as the concrete was finished and our builders were ready to start with the framing, it started raining. We sorely needed the rain because the honey harvest we poor and the golden rod and aster was the last chance to top off the the honey supers for winter.
The builders …
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Mar 06
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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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