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Trap-out update

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Jason

It has been a while since I posted on the progress of the trap-out.  On 5/4 a single frame of open brood was placed in the TOB.  This was done in hopes of enticing the queen out of the block … Continue reading →

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The difference between a HIT and a catch

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Jason

I have had bees occupy a trap only to leave it a short time later.  At times they have stayed as long as a couple of days.  This caused me a lot of frustration last year as you can see … Continue reading →

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The power of LGO!

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Jason

There have been times in all of our lives when we have had to “Eat Crow”.  Serendipity struck this last weekend and I must set the record straight and acknowledge that I was probably wrong about downplaying the importance of … Continue reading →

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Hanging of Swarm Traps

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Jason

I realized recently that I hadn’t scheduled How I Hang a Swarm Trap for publishing yet.  If you are interested take a look at it and get some traps out there. A lot of beekeepers think that the swarm season … Continue reading →

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First Hit of the Year.

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Jason

Today is Friday, but the best day of this week clearly was Wednesday!!!  The post about  dead bees was a bummer so I was in search of good news.  Being out and about, I decided to check some swarm traps.  … Continue reading →

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The inner-workings of my Trap Out Box (TOB)

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Jason

With everything that has been going on I haven’t had a chance to show how this TOB is going to work.  I took some pictures back on 4/30 and I will show you now. The TOB is basically just an … Continue reading →

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Dead Bees

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Jason

Last week there were some disturbing events that unfolded here at my home hive site.  On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday I awoke to large quantities of dead bees on the bottom boards of all three hives.  This was particularly disturbing … Continue reading →

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Trap-Out Day 1 4/29/12

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Jason

Yesterday I started the process of trapping the bees out of the firehouse.  I went to a friends wood-shop and after a couple of hours produced  something similar to what Cleo Hogan from beesource.com has been using. After all of … Continue reading →

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Firehouse Bees

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Jason

I got a message Wednesday night that there were bees invading one of our area volunteer fire departments.  I had known about these bees, but was waiting until later this summer once things had settled down to do a trap … Continue reading →

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Trapping Update

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Jason

Currently 23 traps have been deployed and as far as I know there have been no takers.  Given the recent shift in the weather I am actually a little glad.  Up until last Friday weather had been unseasonably warm for … Continue reading →

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