Pictures From The Hive Inspection
Well yet another hive inspection and yet more pictures! The bees are bringing in VERY dark knotweed honey which is exciting. They’ve also managed to make a bit of a mess of their combs, pulling them out way too far and sometimes attaching them to other combs. Ah well,...
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More Pictures From the Hive Inspection
Here’s a few more pictures from the last hive inspection. Unfortunately the weather in Washington was cold, rainy and windy for far too long and thus the bees had been making a lot of burr and brace comb that hadn’t been cleaned up for a while. Here’s a bit...
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What Should My Hive Look Like
Our goal as beekeepers isn’t just to get honey or wax. It’s also to make sure that our colonies are strong and healthy, especially going into a fruit bloom or a nectar flow of some kind. So what does a healthy colony really look like. Check for these things...
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It’s a Hard Summer for Bees and Beekeepers
No matter where you are in the US (and in many cases around the globe) this seems to be a hard year. Much of the country is hot… too hot and those of us in the Northwest it’s cold and rainy. So what do you do when the weather...
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The Most Important Thing You Should Be Doing Right Now
If you’re a new beekeeper summers can be strange. The bees are busy working but there’s not all that much for you to do. So what should you be doing right now? The most important thing you can do in both the spring and the summer is checking to...
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Beginning Beekeeping: Excluding the Queen!
Queen excluders! Ever wondered what these things were and why you’d use one? What are they? Basically these little slotted boards keep the queen (and drones) from getting into any supers above the excluder. Basically it means the queen isn’t able to lay brood in the honey supers because...
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In The Beehive
For many beginners knowing what should be happening in your hive can be overwhelming. “Is this normal” is a common question we all ask when we first start out beekeeping. To answer that question today we’ll talk about what is normal and what should be happening in your hive....
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