Brookfield Farm Beekeeper Karen Bean
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Monthly Archives: March 2014
Spring Hive Check List
It is spring here: periods of sun between bouts of rain. I’ve taken the sunny days to do the spring hive assessment, which requires opening all of my hives (about 80) to check them, remove empty boxes, and give them … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Brookfield Farm Bee Yards, Feeding Bees
Tagged bee, Brookfield Farm, check, feed, hive, hives, Maple Falls, over winter, spring, Washington
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Two Hives In One
I am going though all of my hives right now – more on the “what I do” in the next blog – but I thought my “two hives in one” moment was quite interesting. FALL 2013 : NO QUEEN? MERGE … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Brookfield Farm Bee Yards, Queen Rearing : Honeybees
Tagged Beekeeping, bees, Brookfield Farm, hive, honeybees, Maple Falls, over winter, queens, two, Washington
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Snow At The Hives
The February snows have arrived. I woke up last Sunday to the realization that a bit of snow had fallen and it was not going to stop. That slowed things down a bit this week, thus this photo essay of … Continue reading
Posted in Brookfield Farm Bee Yards, Farm
Tagged beehives, bees, Brookfield Farm, livestock guard dogs, Maple Falls, snow, Washington, Winter
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