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Tag Archives: Jason Bruns
Foundation
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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Tagged bee, beekeeping, Indiana beekepeing, Jason Bruns, plastic foundation
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What to do?
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
Posted in Experiments, Posts, What's going on..
Tagged bee, beekeeping, Indiana beekepeing, Jason Bruns, Overwintering
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Rubber bands
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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Tagged bee, beekeeping, feral bees, Indiana beekepeing, Jason Bruns
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Chicken Feed :\
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
Posted in Pests, Posts, What's going on..
Tagged bee, beekeeping, Indiana beekepeing, Jason Bruns, treatment free beekeeping
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Prepwork the Nightwork before a Cutout
An entire week has already passed since I did a cutout on 7/8/12. This was a fairly easy one but it was still a lot of work. In today’s post I am going to discuss preparation for this cut-out. The … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, cut out, feral bees, feral hives, Indiana beekepeing, Jason Bruns
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Hive types
It’s Friday! Soooo…….. Let’s have a serious discussion about hive types and lets all try to remain civil. I don’t understand why people get so hung up on this subject. It has all the makings of a battle between religions. … Continue reading
It is dry. Part 2
The second tool I utilize to look at precipitation and weather is from the National Weather Service. It is called the Climate Prediction Center. I look at it less for prediction or even current conditions, but more of a comparison … Continue reading
It is HOT and the bees need water
Yesterday I mentioned that it was pretty dry around here. We have also been experiencing record and near-record temperatures almost every day. This post was written several days ago, and I hope by the time you are reading it that … Continue reading
It is DRY – Part 1
This summer has been making me think of my grandpa over and over. When I was a kid he had a saying that I can hear in my mind as if he was still with us. When we were in … Continue reading
A return to Friday posts
Due to a mention from BeverlyBees last week I suspect that some new people may visit this site. Before I become known as the “cruel guy that doesn’t feed his bees”, I want to make some declarations and explain WHY … Continue reading