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Honeybee Washboarding

Posted in Beekeeping on Jul 22nd, 2008 No Comments »

Various footage of honeybee washboarding.

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Bushkill Bee Vac

Posted in Bee Removals, Beekeeping, How-To on Mar 27th, 2008 No Comments »

Well I finally got around to building my “new and improved” bee vac design. I had it all figured out in my head for a while now, but never got to actually put one together. You can see it and all the details here.    

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Hibernation Diet

Posted in Beekeeping on Feb 2nd, 2008 No Comments »

Ok, I usually don’t put much attention to the latest diet fads, but the Hibernation Diet caught my attention because it promotes the use of honey. So I spend a little time and checked it out. I found that although it seems that it is trying to take advantage of the diet craze [...]

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How-To: Queen Marking

Posted in Beekeeping, How-To on Sep 4th, 2007 6 Comments »

There are good reasons to have your queens marked, including:

Ease in locating the queen during inspections.
Confirm the hive hasn’t swarmed.
Confirm the queen hasn’t been superseded. This can be very important in areas that have Africanized honeybees.

Unfortunately, many folks don’t have marked queens. Whether it not being an option when the purchased their queens, [...]

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Mixing sugar syrup

Posted in Beekeeping on Apr 10th, 2004 No Comments »

Today I mixed a bit of thin sugar syrup for a spring feeding to help boost the bees. We have had very cold nights, and not to many days that have been above 50degrees. This is the time of year that puts a lot of strain on a hive as it attempts to keep the [...]

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