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Category Archives: What’s going on..
3 Hives Visited
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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Tagged bee, beekeeping, Indiana Beekeeping, Overwintering
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Weather makes my schedule
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
Winter work continues
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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Tagged beekeeping, foundationless frames, Indiana Beekeeping
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2013 begins
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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Tagged Indiana Beekeeping, treatment free beekeeping
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December Dandelions?
While taking a walk with my family a couple of weeks ago I noticed a blast from the past. Dandelions blooming in December? Strange as it may be, there they were. I snapped a picture. They didn’t look very spunky, … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, Indiana Beekeeping, phenology
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Breaking wind
The weather has been really pleasant for December here in Eastern Indiana. We have experienced some cold nights, but there haven’t been any extended cold weather periods. Most of the hive sites provide the hives some natural cover from North and … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, Indiana Beekeeping, Overwintering, treatment free beekeeping
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The Anxiety of Winter
There hasn’t been much activity on the blog the last several weeks. I have been readying for winter, but still have been checking bee related things regularly. Though it is not quite officially winter yet the winter anxiety has begun … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, feral bees, Indiana Beekeeping, treatment free beekeeping
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Moving Bees
Time has really flown this fall and I have missed the opportunity to tell you about some of the goings on around here. One of the stories that fell through the cracks was the moving of 4 hives a little … Continue reading
Posted in Experiments, Feral Bees, Hive Reports, Posts, What's going on..
Tagged bee, bee genetics, genetic resistance, Indiana Beekeeping
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Deer Stands and Smoker Fuel
What in the heck would these two subjects have in common? I have stated repeatedly that beekeeping has crept its way into almost every aspect of my life. Last week on what will likely be one of the last nice … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, free smoker fuel, Indiana Beekeeping
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Everywhere I look…..
I have mentioned before that I see bees everywhere I look and in everything I do. I don’t know what it is, but even when I am trying to think of other subjects Apis mellifera will creep back into my … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, beekeeping, Indiana Beekeeping, Jason Bruns, pollination
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