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Tag Archives: Indiana
Non-Targeted Species – ants in Trap01
Over the years I have had several e-mails about a number of non-targeted species taking up residence in swarm traps. I have been really lucky, as I don’t generally have problems with this. That being said, I had something happen this year … Continue reading
Posted in Methods, Observation, Pests, Swarm Trapping
Tagged bait hive, beekeeping, Indiana, pest, swarm trap, Treatment-free
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2016 Trapping Update
It’s time to give a little progress report for summer 2016. This year has been the most successful trapping summer YET. The first swarm was caught almost A FULL MONTH earlier than normal on 4/20/2016. HITS occurred steadily 3-5 per week … Continue reading
Posted in HowTo, Posts, Swarm Trapping, What's going on..
Tagged beekeeping, Indiana, swarm trap, swarm trapping, Treatment-free
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Bottling Honey
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
Posted in Honey, HowTo
Tagged bee, beekeeping, bottling honey, honey, honey gate, Indiana, Jason Bruns
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Escape boards revisited and video editing
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
Basic extracting
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
Thoughts on Beekeeping – A Friday rant
Today I was going to post about a new observation that I have made in swarming behavior. It is exciting and I feel it is important, but I will post it on Monday. I had been thinking about something yesterday … Continue reading
Posted in Genetics, Posts, Rants
Tagged bee, beekeeping, feral bees, genetic resistance, genetics, Indiana, Jason Bruns, natural beekeeping, Treatment-free
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