Tag Archives: Indiana Beekeeping

Trap 27 is IN……

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Jason

Last weekend I finally got Trap 27 IN!!! It had been loaned to another beekeeper and was  in their vehicle for the last several weeks. All traps are now accounted for and once #27 is cleaned up, trap work for … Continue reading →

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OCD Squirrels

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Jason

As you have noticed I haven’t been posting as much as last year.  I have had a lot going on in the personal life and posting has slid A LOT.  I knew early in the year that time was going … Continue reading →

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Leave those traps out there…..

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Jason

It’s July the 1st. Where has 2013 gone? I have done an extremely poor job keeping you up to date with the goings on around here. Swarming was muted a little in May due to cooler than normal temperatures and … Continue reading →

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Where your bees come from matters

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Jason

This year overwintered colonies seem to reaffirm conclusions that I have suspected for a long period of time. Not all bees are created equal! This is two colonies from feral stock Easter weekend 2013.  1005 (Left) is one from 2010 … Continue reading →

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3/7/13 Prediction Number 1

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Jason

I do not know what caused it yet, but I am relatively sure at least one hive has expired.  1001 was one of my first two colonies.  I bought it as an established hive from a beekeeper that was going … Continue reading →

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Winter organization with paracord

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Jason

This is the bottom drawer of our Entertainment Center.  It is the one place in the house I am allowed to keep my current reading materials.  How many beekeepers out there have a pile of bee literature laying around like … Continue reading →

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3 Hives Visited

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Jason

Checked in on three hives Thursday 2/7/13. They were observed at about 11:30. The outside temperature was 45 degrees F. There was activity from only one of the three colonies. A steady stream of bees came and went from 1005, … Continue reading →

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Weather makes my schedule

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Jason

Last week marked another period of sustained cold weather.  In the last week and a half or two there have been night-time lows near zero degrees F.  We also have had a couple of days peppered in there where it … Continue reading →

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Winter work continues

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Jason

On the list for 2013 is getting a bunch more hive equipment ready. Thanks to the strength of the honey sales from fall 2012 more deeps and supers could be purchased without going into the RED. Due to all of … Continue reading →

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2013 begins

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Jason

A new year and an entirely different ballgame. In my last post way back on December 20th I posed the question Where the heck is the cold weather? Someone must have been listening because that question has been answered. We … Continue reading →

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