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Whidbey Island Washington Beekeeping & Honeybees - Lavender Honey - Green Road Farm - Tim Walsh
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Bee’s – The Beeginning. March 13th, 2008. In the Fall of 07 I purchased enough beekeepng equipment to start a small honey business. Did I plan this? Do I know anything about beekeeping? That would be no, nada zip but being totally ignorant about something shouldn’t keep someone for from trying something right? So here I am, without any knowledge of beekeeping but with two tall stacks of boxes which are full of wax encrusted honeycomb dividers, various screens, a smoker thing, trays of some sort. I was to...
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Beaver Creek Bees: Hard Winter
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Saturday, March 9, 2013. MAB and LITTLE MISS. T is the beginning of March 2013 and out of my six hives only two remain. The oldest of the remaining two (Mab) is queenless and dying off. The other (The late 2012 swarm) has two and a half frames of brood and three plus frames of bees; a good population for a small Nuc. Dying Mab to the left and strong Little Miss on the right. As a stop gap measure the remaining two hives have been supplied with low wattage shop lamps to aid in heating the small clusters&#...
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Beaver Creek Bees: Hiving a Nuc
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013. He time has come for Little Miss to be a full hive. She has a box of bees, a box of honey, and a great laying queen. The bees fill both 5 frame boxes so she needs the expansion. The yellow full nuc next to the white new equipment. New hive in place. The new hive consists of:. Meanwhile, queen Miss is a pretty girl of moderate size with an all black thorax and non-striped, sepia abdomen. We are in our first week of warm weather yet she already has several frames of brood fro...
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Beaver Creek Bees: Medium Boxes
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012. Ne of my favorite things about beekeeping is all the time in the workshop during the off season. Everything slows down and we can plan for the next year. After which i get to build the shiny new equipment. Two of four unfinished Brood and Honey boxes for 2013. Tight bond III glue and 2" decking screws keep it all together. Since i use butt joints each 6' of board becomes one box. I buy 12' x 8" boards, which are very cheap, and get two boxes out of it. That way the h...Obby beek...
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NEBA Honey Judging Criteria Show Classes : Beekeepers Friend
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Peaches’ Beekeeping Blog. About this Blogger’s Mindset. Cottage Food Label Example. My History With Bees. NEBA Honey Judging Criteria Show Classes. NEBA Honey Show Exhibit Rules. NEBA Welch Honey Show Classes. NEBA Honey Judging Criteria Show Classes. NORTH ESCAMBIA BEE ASSOCIATION. WELCH HONEY SHOW JUDGING CRITERIA. A Must be exhibited in 1 Ib. clear glass Queenline jars with metal or plastic screw tops. One ID label must be affixed centered ” from bottom of each jar. B Plain beeswax cake must be exhibi...
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Back to My Apiary and Other Things : Beekeepers Friend
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Peaches’ Beekeeping Blog. About this Blogger’s Mindset. Cottage Food Label Example. My History With Bees. NEBA Honey Judging Criteria Show Classes. NEBA Honey Show Exhibit Rules. NEBA Welch Honey Show Classes. April 27, 2015. Back to My Apiary and Other Things. By ekpeach in General. I am in hopes that when I get back, my bees will have gotten strong and I will be able to say with surety that they will be survivors and I will be able to loan some of the bees to a observation hive. Is easier for me as I n...
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Screened Bottom Boards : Beekeepers Friend
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Peaches’ Beekeeping Blog. About this Blogger’s Mindset. Cottage Food Label Example. My History With Bees. NEBA Honey Judging Criteria Show Classes. NEBA Honey Show Exhibit Rules. NEBA Welch Honey Show Classes. You must have the hive above the ground at least 8-12″. It makes it impossible for the mites to get back in and the height helps your back by not having to bend over so far. Oscar Perone (Argentine Beekeeper). About this Blogger’s Mindset. Cottage Food Label Example. My History With Bees.
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Books : Beekeepers Friend
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Peaches’ Beekeeping Blog. About this Blogger’s Mindset. Cottage Food Label Example. My History With Bees. NEBA Honey Judging Criteria Show Classes. NEBA Honey Show Exhibit Rules. NEBA Welch Honey Show Classes. Archive for the 'Books' Category. March 20, 2015. Life Cycle Of The Varroa Mite. By ekpeach in Books. March 4, 2015. Life Cycle of the Honey Bee. By ekpeach in Books. October 29, 2010. Reading for Answers About Bees. By ekpeach in Books. I was asked what kind of books should a person read if he or ...
