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October-November 2004 PINK PAGES - Will your bees make it into Spring 05?

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George Imirie's PINK PAGES. Will your bees make it into Spring 05? Have I properly sought PROFESSIONAL knowledge about diseases and health, or ignored possible death? If you doubt me, show me some live wild bees that have been in place more than a year. Basically, they are nonexistent anywhere in the U.S. HONEY BEES NEED YOUR CARE IF THEY ARE TO EXIST! What you CAN do, SHOULD do, or SHOULD HAVE DONE? Why did you NOT spend $10-$15 per colony for sugar and feed your bees back in September and October?

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May 2004 PINK PAGES - SWARMING Disaster

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George Imirie's PINK PAGES. I strongly suggest you read my remarks) SWARMING Disaster, Disgusting, Depleted honey yield, DAMN! It amazes me that we have highly intelligent beginners, beeHAVERS, and even some crusty old beeKEEPERS that are doctors, teachers, executives, computer guru's, bankers, salesmen, lawyers, and ad infinitum; and they let their bees swarm, but CANNOT EXPLAIN WHY THEY SWARMED! Remember your youth and the stories about the birds and bees in trying to explain SEX? Let me STOP YOU HERE,...

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November 2004 PINK PAGES

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George Imirie's PINK PAGES. US Honey Bees Need Your Care. Today is October 21st, and would be my 61st wedding anniversary if Valerie had not died of cancer two years ago. I am VERY lonely. Nectar flows are long since OVER. Winter is just around the corner. Most members are concerned about the Redskins or the Ravens.Wives are planning Thanksgiving festivities. Kids are thinking about Christmas gifts. Have I properly sought PROFESSIONAL knowledge about diseases and health, or ignored possible death? Back o...

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February 2005 PINK PAGES - It is FEBRUARY and COLD - Are your bees ALIVE?

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George Imirie's PINK PAGES. It is FEBRUARY and COLD. Are your bees ALIVE? How much HELP have YOU been since August? With that said, have you INSPECTED your bees in January? Don't give me that crap that it is too cold! Over and over, we hear the stories,I KNOW that my bees are alive, because I saw them flying in and out of the hive. Too often, your colony is dead, and what you saw was ROBBER bees. You CANNOT tell the colony condition without going INSIDE and inspecting! THAT IS A MUST! Did YOU have at fea...

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April 2004 PINK PAGES - Beekeepers' Duties

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George Imirie's PINK PAGES. Beekeeper's Duties concerning Supering and Swarming in the Maryland-Virginia area near Washington DC UNlike about 90% of the rest of the U.S., our nectar flow is VERY EARLY, VERY INTENSE, VERY SHORT, and is TOTALLY OVER SHORTLY AFTER JUNE 1st. If you don't believe me, get a SCALE HIVE, and weigh that "critter" EVERY night after dark, and PROVE it to yourself! How many supers do you have "ready to install" on your bees? WHEN do plan to install them? If you think that I am "nuts...

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George Imirie's PINK PAGES

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George Imirie's PINK PAGES. Page for additional information. Search This Archive NEW 2015! Acarapis woodi: And Hygenic Behavior - March 2002. American Foulbrood - Feb 2004. American Foulbrood: Treating vs. Eliminating - Short Course 2004. Apistan - July 2004. Apistan - February 2001. Apistan: In Mite Treatment - July 2002. Bee Behavior - Short Course 2004. Bee Blower: In Harvesting - June 2004. Bee Blower: In Harvesting - May 2003. Bee Brush: In Harvesting - June 2004. Bee Brush: In Harvesting - May 2003.

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June 2004 PINK PAGES - Harvesting Honey

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George Imirie's PINK PAGES. For years, many beekeepers have put supers on in the spring and waited until September or even October to remove them, of course, hoping that they would get a larger yield of honey by leaving supers in place longer. They made FOOLS of themselves due to lack of knowledge about beekeeping. This seems to puzzle most hobbyists, and they do all kinds of foolish things that causes STINGING. Using a Porter Bee Escape in the inner cover hole under the supers is a total JOKE, unless yo...

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June 2003 PINK PAGES - CARE For Honey During and After Harvesting From Bees

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George Imirie's PINK PAGES. CARE For Honey During and After Harvesting From Bees. All of us know that iron rusts if not painted, bread gets stale if left in the open, meat has to be refrigerated, and you sunburn unless you use sun protection. HONEY IS NO DIFFERENT! IT REQUIRES PROPER CARE AGAINST FERMENTING, or CRYSTALLIZING, or DARKENING IN COLOR, or FLAVOR LOSS. Hence, let me mention the EASY ways for the "backyard" hobbyist beekeeper to properly handle honey. A queen bee cannot lay eggs at any tempera...

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May 2003 PINK PAGES - The Do's and Don'ts of Harvesting Honey

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George Imirie's PINK PAGES. The Do's and Don'ts of Harvesting Honey. Part 1: Getting most nectar capped. Part 2: Four methods of removing honey. Part 3: Extracting procedures and tricks. Part 4: Cleaning the extracted frames. Part 5: Storing drawn comb until next year. Getting most nectar capped. Four methods of removing honey. The use of the Porter Bee Escape in the hole of the inner cover SIMPLY DOES NOT WORK IN OUR WARM MARYLAND NIGHTS, so I will not waste your time describing its function. It can...

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July 2004 PINK PAGES - Where is the Honey?

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George Imirie's PINK PAGES. Where is the Honey? About 20-25 years ago, Wendy's Hamburgers electrified the world with its TV and radio advertisement with a grouchy old woman disgustingly saying: Where is the BEEF? Don't argue with my 72 years of beekeeping in Montgomery County, St, Mary's County, Calvert County, Howard County, or Rappahanock County, VA, where I have always kept a scale hive in each apiary for many years. Some of you can tell tales and stories of superb honey crops being made in July, Augu...