Monthly Archives: September 2012

Something we must learn from bees

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Jason

Over the last couple of weeks I have been wrestling with an idea that I am still having trouble conveying.  I listen to a bee podcast, and the guy is always going back and forth on whether to feed and/or … Continue reading →

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Golden Rod – another beloved weed

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Jason

This year has been a super year for Golden Rod in Central Eastern Indiana.  The bloom began just prior to the beginning of September about the same time we began getting some much needed rains.  I took pictures on 8/30 … Continue reading →

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Drones be damned.

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Jason

The first year of beekeeping made for a lot of memories.  The first time one of the hives began kicking out drones, I was at work.  I got a frantic phone call from home.  My wife had observed many white … Continue reading →

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Honey Pricing

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Jason

After ordering labels next came the second most difficult task of pricing the honey.  If you didn’t know previously I live in Eastern Central Indiana, about an hour east of Indianapolis and an hour north of Cincinnati.  The closest large-ish … Continue reading →

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Labeling Honey

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Jason

At long last the honey labels came in.  In the past the small amounts of honey produced by the bees had just been given away and sold “unlabelled” to friends who didn’t care, but this years crop was too large … Continue reading →

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Bees can overcome OR Bee happy with what you are given

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Jason

It is Friday.  I haven’t had the opportunity to rant on anything the last several weeks mainly due to lack of frustration.  I was reminded of something this week while on Facebook and voila! Honeybees occur naturally in Japan.  So … Continue reading →

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Bottling Honey

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Jason

Beekeeping has made me over use the phrase, “I am done, but not completely”.  I say it often since I caught this buzz.  This years extraction is over, but I am still not done completely.  I have no buyers for … Continue reading →

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Escape boards revisited and video editing

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Jason

Several days ago I discussed the use of Escape Boards for clearing bees from honey supers.  At the time there were several unedited video files on the computer that I just didn’t have time to fool with.  Things haven’t slowed … Continue reading →

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Basic extracting

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Jason

As I said in yesterday’s post I was able to get the supers pulled that I planned on extracting this fall.  I knew going into this extraction that I did not have enough buckets to hold all of the honey … Continue reading →

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Beekeeping and the weather

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Jason

I am becoming aware that keeping bees and being employed in a conventional job are not very compatible. In an ideal bee keeping world my job would be more weather dependant. In the event the weather is crummy I would … Continue reading →

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