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Capped Brood in February
I got the opportunity to check on the bees today. It has been warm enough, I am feeding pretty steadily to ensure my colonies don’t starve. I opened the hives and filled my frame feeders with a gallon each of … Continue reading
Winter Fruit Tree Pruning
Well, I say winter. Technically. It has been a very mild winter. In fact, as you can see above and below, we have buds and blooms coming out. It’s early February.
Winter Syrup Feeding
So I went out to check the bees. The weather here has been wild, to say the least. Temps go from the mid seventies one day to the mid forties the next. I figured the bees would be running through … Continue reading
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Bee Smoker Issues-Replacing the Grate
Bee smokers are a Beekeeper’s best friend, unless you are so busy being frustrated that it won’t stay lit. Apparently at some point, I managed to lose the grate in the bottom of my smoker. I knew it was gone, … Continue reading
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Winter Beekeeping
So, winter is supposedly in full swing. Here in Mississippi, it has been quite mild. I can probably count the number of really cold days on my two hands. The bees are confused, I think. We seem to get warm … Continue reading
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Build your own Bee Vac
The weather is turning cool, so the projects in the wood shop are starting to get done. I was thinking of things I wanted to have for next spring when swarm season gets here and felt a Bee Vac would … Continue reading
Summer Bee Swarm
Summer… cutting grass… two things that seem to go hand in hand, like it or not. Today I was cutting grass out in the bee yard. I have a couple young pear trees that are loaded with pears, so I … Continue reading
Honeybee Swarms
It has been a busy spring. Once the weather warmed up here, we started getting calls to come get swarms. Many of the swarms were quite small, but several were a pretty good size. We hived all of our swarms, … Continue reading
Brood Box Building
I have had the pleasure of getting to capture several swarms lately. Some really weird ones, some normal ones. While free bees are a grand thing, I found myself in a situation I could not have imagined… running low on … Continue reading
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Home made swarm traps
A few weeks ago, I decided I would try my hand at putting out a few swarm traps. Of course, I had to have a few swarm traps first. A quick search of YouTube brought up an abundance of options. … Continue reading
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