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Virgin vs. Mated queen

Posted on August 27, 2016 by Brian — Leave a comment

There has been some interest in seeing the difference between virgin and mated queens. I had the opportunity to snap a few pictures of both, so I figured I would share them.

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71deg. in March (first signs of swarm season)

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Brian — 11 Comments

Depending On where you live 71 deg may or may not be that big of a deal. Were I live it happens once in a great while. I’m happy to say that on my lunch I was able to take…

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Blue Pollen ?!?!

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Brian — 1 Comment

Finally, I had a chance to get out to Meyers Outyard on Easter Sunday. I have good and bad news to report. The hive on the right has made it through. They are doing very well bringing in load after load…

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Winter bees

Posted on January 1, 2015 by Brian — Leave a comment

I checked on the two hives in the picture yesterday. Both of them were alive and well. I’m still 4 strong going into the new year

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First successful queen

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Brian — Leave a comment

Checked my queen castle today. It has two splits in it that I’ve been working on. The earlier one has come back with a good mated queen. I checkerboarded in 3 new foundationless frames in a nuc box. Now I…

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Then there were three

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Brian — Leave a comment

Hive two started making several swarm cells so I took the opportunity to make a split. I know it’s not painted. Had to trow it together quick. This one will be Nuc 1. I took it to Meyers outyard wich…

Supers are on

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Brian — Leave a comment

Virgin Queen Cages

Posted on April 10, 2014 by Brian — Leave a comment

Spent an afternoon making a few of these: I plan to use these to effectively bank virgin queens until I have room in a queen castle or mating nuc. I’m planning on posting an over view of how to make…

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Alive hives

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Brian — Leave a comment

I keep thinking that there is going to be another cold snap that manages to kill one or both hives. Yet they both keep thriving. I still think there is a chance for starvation if a long cold snap occurs.…

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Here is what I’ve been up to this winter

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Brian — Leave a comment

I’ve been building some hive bodies and nuc boxes out of some scrap lumber. These are ready for paint. I’ve also been assembling a lot of frames. I have pretty much decided to stick with all deeps. I’ve also basically…

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