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Storing Drawn Foundation at Brookfield Farm

Spring usually is not the time to contemplate how to store frames of foundation, but I was asked about this recently.  In addition, I was just hanging up some drawn, empty frames that once contained honey, which my bees have … Continue reading

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Stopping Bees From Swarming

5 methods used at the Brookfield Farm apiary to keep honey bees from swarming. Splits; adding boxes; pulling up bee brood; alternating foundation & drawn comb; & stopping honey blockades. Continue reading

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Preparing for Nucs at a 700 Colony Operation

Sorting out waxed, plastic honeybee foundation and preparing nucleus (nuc) boxes with Bruce Bowen, of Bruce Bowen’s Bees, in Mt. Vernon, Washington. Continue reading

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