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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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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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It’s Friday

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Jason

Well it’s Friday again. This week has been fairly stress-free and hence the “frustrative” juices just haven’t been flowing so I am not going to rant about anything. Instead I figured I would shed a little light on some of … Continue reading →

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We have a LEANER!!!

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Jason

Earlier in the year I had mentioned that I was using a new type of hive stand.  I never want to recommend anything untested and this new stand is an example why.  I still like the stands and with some … Continue reading →

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Foundation

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Jason

I have seen some bad reviews of plastic foundation lately on some other blogs and feel the need to put my two cents in.  Earlier this spring I pulled and photographed some frames from some dead-outs to show the building … Continue reading →

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What to do?

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Jason

This year has been busy thus far.  Things were hot and heavy through May and June, but now there aren’t as many pressing issues until extraction time.  There are some laggard hives, but for the most part all the production … Continue reading →

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Rubber bands

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Jason

It has been two weeks since the “Double-wide Cutout”.   There still has not been a good rain.  The bees have been left alone in the hopes that the queen made it into the bee vacuum. Yesterday (7/22/12) this hive was … Continue reading →

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Chicken Feed :\

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Jason

Recently a friend of mine noticed a drop off in activity of a hive.  I visited it about 2 weeks ago.  There was definitely a problem that needed attention, but there were a ton of people around.  I did not … Continue reading →

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