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Hanging Out With 4 Million Bees (Give Or Take A Few)
A little bit ago we helped a local beekeeping establishment in my area with their order of about a thousand packages of bees. We helped them assemble some frames, and helped with a few customers...
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Volunteer with a Beekeeper
Many folks have decided that this year isn’t the right time for them to get started with bees. Others are keeping bees but are still worried and concerned about what they’re doing, after all caring...
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“But You’ll Lose an Eye!” On Going Without A Beekeeping Veil and Suit
A week ago we asked our followers on Facebook what topics they would like to read about on our blog. Our fan Brandon asked the following question: “How can a beekeeper rob his bees without using a...
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Beekeeping Pictures
Well we promised more pictures from the package installation and here they are! You can click on each one for a larger size! (click again for an even bigger picture!) Do you have great pictures? Let...
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More Pictures! Installing a Bee Package
We promised more pictures and here they are! This round of photos thanks to Kenneth Loen
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Your First Hive Inspection
So you’ve installed your package of bees and left them alone for a week and now the big day is here. It’s time for your first hive inspection! But what will you find and what should you expect to...
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What Type of Bees Should I Get?
One of the questions we receive regularly is “what type of bees should I get?” For most of us, when purchasing a package of bees, there will only be one or two choices. The most common choices are...
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Flying in the Bees
This is a guest post by Jamie Dehner I live in a weird place. There’s no question about it. The town is called Point Roberts, a five mile square peninsuala that lies beneath the 49th parallel (making...
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Lots of Honey Bees
Well if you just hived your first package this year it’s go time! For many of you the first few weeks of keeping bees is a bit stressful. The bees are working hard to pull out the foundation and the...
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We recently received a question from a follower on how to put foundation into frames. Depending on the frames the procedure can be drastically different. If you purchased a kit from us (when we still...
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