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It’s official. There are no bees that overwintered in my Bee Barn. I was worried that my new queens wouldn’t make it… and the spring was long and cold. Losing bees is part of beekeeping… and I have to say … Continue reading
Category Archives: Bees
So much going on… I’ll finish this story first. I released my three new queens into their hives where they’ve been acclimating themselves and their new subjects. Two went smoothly, I opened their queen cages and they came out in … Continue reading
There’s plenty I don’t know about beekeeping and that was apparent today. I’ve purchased three new queens, as I didn’t see any larva or brood when I first checked the hives. My second check gave me the suspicion of a … Continue reading
Better late than never, I suppose. Although I’ve driven by the Bee Barn and was happy to see bees entering and exiting my three hives, it’s never worked out, either temperature or time-wise, for me to open the hives and … Continue reading
One thing I’ve been working on for the past few weeks, is a simple way to get clean bee’s wax from my old, discarded, dirty bee combs. Bee combs go through stages… from pristine white (brand new) honey comb to … Continue reading