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Hive Maintenance | mistress beek
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RSS feed for this section. Though it’s a sweaty affair, harvesting honey in 100 weather is liquid joy. This morning, I took 2 gallons from my backyard hive and the floral ambrosia flowed fast and light. Divine! Using a stethoscope to “hear” if your bee hive is alive. If you’re itchy for signs of life over the winter, lord knows you can’t open. But given the right “ear”, you might be able to hear the crunching sounds of life within those four wooden walls. Was it the stethoscope? Was it my bees? In a reco...
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Hands down, the best beekeeping book for beginners | mistress beek
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Hands down, the best beekeeping book for beginners. This is the book I wish existed when I started beekeeping in 2008. Loaded with photos and step-by-step instructions, it’s one of the few books that will help you survive your first year, especially if you don’t have a mentor. Homegrown Honey Bees: An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Beekeeping Your First Year. Photos, photos, photos! Interviews with local beeks. Most books I used in my first year were very chemical-centric and solely devoted to Langstroth h...
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Winter is coming | mistress beek
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Desperation is starting to set in. After a chilly morning today, the scene at my backyard hive was frenzied. As though all creatures knew that time was running out and that their last meal was rapidly approaching. In some cases, that meal was a juicy honeybee snatched in mid-air like candy at the Day of the Dead parade. Hay más tiempo que vida. Fried honeybees on a stick? Bees at the NM State Fair. Bee Queen for Halloween →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public).
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Death + Disease | mistress beek
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RSS feed for this section. Using a stethoscope to “hear” if your bee hive is alive. If you’re itchy for signs of life over the winter, lord knows you can’t open. But given the right “ear”, you might be able to hear the crunching sounds of life within those four wooden walls. This week, during Albuquerque’s wicked cold snap. I borrowed a “mechanic’s” stethoscope from a local computer hardware geek and tried to spy on my hive. ZERO. I heard nothing. Was it the stethoscope? Was it my bees? This morning, I k...
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Chestnut Honey Financiers for Winter | mistress beek
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Chestnut Honey Financiers for Winter. While honeybees hibernate for the winter, why not snuggle up with the fruits of their labor and toast the last harvest of the season. Like many beekeepers, my autumn harvest is typically dark and flavorful not unlike the renowned chestnut honeys of Italy. What to do with such robust flavors? Hazelnut is a perfect pairing for late season honey and when combined with the richness of a financier, it’s comforting beyond compare. Chestnut Honey and Hazelnut Financiers.
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Harvesting | mistress beek
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RSS feed for this section. Though it’s a sweaty affair, harvesting honey in 100 weather is liquid joy. This morning, I took 2 gallons from my backyard hive and the floral ambrosia flowed fast and light. Divine! 405 lbs, the Great Google Honey Harvest. The Bee Team at Google (80 people strong) just harvested its first combs of honey last week. Under the helpful guidance of Bill Tomaszewski of Marin Bee Company. Read the full story. The Honey Harvesters at City Open Space. And used every wet towel on site.
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Bee-Friendly Gardening: How to Spray (If You Must) | mistress beek
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Bee-Friendly Gardening: How to Spray (If You Must). For many gardeners, this means spraying clouds of herbicides and pesticides that can kill or weaken neighborhood bees. Fancy a cool drink of Round-up, anyone? Here’s how you can minimize damage to neighborhood bees if you absolutely must spray chemicals in your yard or garden. Of course, this won’t help with a new kind of garden evil — neonicotinoids. Chestnut Honey Financiers for Winter. Looking for top bar hive plans from Bee Culture? And welcome to NM.
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Winter | mistress beek
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RSS feed for this section. Using a stethoscope to “hear” if your bee hive is alive. If you’re itchy for signs of life over the winter, lord knows you can’t open. But given the right “ear”, you might be able to hear the crunching sounds of life within those four wooden walls. This week, during Albuquerque’s wicked cold snap. I borrowed a “mechanic’s” stethoscope from a local computer hardware geek and tried to spy on my hive. ZERO. I heard nothing. Was it the stethoscope? Was it my bees? Join 450 other fo...
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And the brood is on! | mistress beek
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And the brood is on! It’s barely spring in Albuquerque, but already my backyard colony is ramping up for the big bloom! It hit 50 F this afternoon and the girls were soaring like tiny eagles. Which is all to say the queen has increased her egg production and the workers are out looking for food and water. Food? There’s none to be found yet in Albuquerque — not even the elm or sumac. Are blooming. But water? They’re drinking like champagne on New Year’s Eve. 2 Responses to “And the brood is on! You are co...
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