Brookfield Farm Beekeeper Karen Bean
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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Building Boxes & When Orders Go Wrong
Building bee boxes in a small living room at Brookfield Farm, Maple Falls, Washington. Plus a tale of when orders go wrong. Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping
Tagged assembly, bee, bee boxes, Beekeeping, boxes, Brookfield, Brookfield Farm, cat, Farm, frame assembly, frames, hive frames, hives, Maple Falls, Washington
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Loading Honeybees for Almond Pollination
Loading 818 honeybee hives onto three trucks which then transported the bees to the California almonds for pollination. Bruce Bowen’s bees, Mount Vernon, Washington. Photos by Karen E. Bean, Brookfield Farm, Maple Falls, Washington. More photos than words on this posting. Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping
Tagged almonds, bee net, bee trucks, Beekeeping, bees, Brookfield, Brookfield Farm, Bruce Bowen, California, Farm, hives, honeybees, loading, Maple Falls, net, Pat Ray, pollination, trucks, Washington
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Livestock Guard Dogs and Honeybees
Brookfield Farm’s use of livestock guard dogs to allow our bees to share the wilderness with all wildlife. Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping
Tagged bear, bears, Beekeeping, bees, black, Brookfield, dogs, Farm, Great, guard, hives, honey, honeybees, how to, livestock, Maple Falls, Maremma, predators, Pryanees, Shar Planinetz, Washington
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