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Blog Topics Covered On Brookfield Farm Blog at brookfieldfarm.wordpress.com:
Making Beehive Bottom Screens 6/21/15
Splitting and Supering Hives 5/15/15
Spring Supers for Bee Hives 4/6/2015
Winter Losses: Causes and Lessons 3/26/15
Checking & Manipulating Hives 2/20/15
Making Essential Oil Bee Patties 1/30/15
Barn Cats / Hive Cats : Indispensable 1/14/2015
Honeybee Foraging: Where, Why, How Far
How Much Honey Per Hive? 10/17/14
Harvesting Honey, Treating HIves 9/13/2014
Cutting Grass In Bee Yards 6/18/2014
New Queens in New Hives 6/11/2014
Making & Moving Overnight Splits 5/25/14
Preparing Boxes for Supers & Splits 5/12/2014
Why We Are Leaving Bellingham Farmers Market June 30 4/28/14
Spring Hive Check List 3/29/2014
Dressing For Winter Markets 2/19/2014
Making Bee Candy (aka Fondant) 1/30/2014
Boxes And Frames : A Winter’s Tale 1/14/2014
Predatory Mites for Varroa test 12/26/2013
Do My Natural Treatments Work? 12/19/2013
Winter Preparation : Final Steps 11/12/2013
Making Mouse Guards : Late Oct. 11/3/2013
Preparing Hives For Winter: First Steps 10/8/2013
Extracting Honey at Brookfield Farm 10/2/2013
Pulling Honey in Brookfield Farm Yards 9/23/2013
A Busy August At Brookfield Farm 8/21/2013
Participating in a Bee Health Survey 7/29/2013
Phages That Attack AFB – Field Test 7/11/2013
Making Bottom Screens For Beehives 5/29/2013
Paria River Hike & A Bee Story 5/21/2013
Hive Foundation Experiment 5/12/2013
Preparing Supers for Bee Hives 4/29.2013
Feeding Bees In The Spring 4/11/2013
Spring Hive Manipulation 4/4/2013
American Foulbrood Research 3/20/2013
Storing Drawn Foundation 3/11/2013
Checking Hives In February 2/28/2013
Beehive Foundations : 2/16/2013
The Eyes Have It : Honeybee Eyes 1/30/2013
Why Jaws of Worker & Queen Bees Differ 1/17/2013
Recipes using Infused Raw Honey 1/12/2013
Year-End Inventory : A “Joy” of Beekeeping 12/27/2012
View to a Different Style of Beekeeping 12/10/2012
Naturally Treated Hives Pt.2 (overview: bees, queens, methods & tools) 12/4/2012
“Naturally Treated Hives” what it means at Brookfield Farm Part 1, 11/24/13
Building Our First Electric Bear Fence 11/14/2012
Over Wintering Nucleus Hives: Winter Preparation : Part 3 of 3 11/6/2012
Insulation,Rain Hats, Wrapping : Winter Preparation, Part 2 10/29/12
Honey Stores, Feed, & Mites: Winter Preparation, Pt.1 10/25/2012
Honey Harvest Surprises 10/12/2012
Local Queens From Northwest Queens 8/10/2012
What Colors Do Bees See 7/21/2012
Why I do what I do: “Why” the foundation of all marketing : 6/22/2012
Wiring Beehive Frames : 6/10/2012
Installing Russian Queens : 6/1/2012
Small Cell Foundation Experiment : 5/14/2012
Scheduling By The Flowers : 4/15/2012
A Visit With Beekeeper Ian Campbell, Newcastle, England 4/3/2012
Bee Houses : From Eastern Europe to Washington state 2/23/12
To Feed Or Not To Feed and When To Feed?
Taxing Sugar – including honey – to keep us safe? 2/11/2012
Raw Honey Infused Organic Vinegar : drinking vinegars 2/4/2012
Fondant : Winter Honeybee Candy 1/19/2012
USDA Organic Honey – What Does It Mean? 1/3/2012
Prehistoric Bee Fossils 12/15/11
Overwintering Nucs Atop Strong Hives 11/23/11
Escape From Beekeeping: A short Summer Travelogue 11/09/11
Our Tilting Extractor Stand : Getting The Last Bit Of Honey Out 11/3/11
Pulling Honey, Balancing Hives, & Honey Extraction in 2011 10/30/11
Why There Is So Little Honey in 2011 Of Rain, Bees, & Honey 10/20/11
Meet Beekeeper Stan Kolesnikov : K Brothers Pollination & Honey 10/13/11
Overview of Brookfield’s Fall Beekeeping & Travels 10/6/11
An Idea For Practicing Grafting Honeybee Larvae 7/27/11
Grafting larvae to make Queen Cells 7/19/11
Queen Cells & Workers Unite! Building Mating Nucs 7/10/11
Queen Rearing Part 1 : Shaking Bees 6/30/11
3 New Bee Yards For Our Bees 6/9/11
How To Use Honey To Replace Other Sweeteners 6/2/11
Painless Bee Hive Frame Making 5/26/11
USDA Bee Health Survey & Tropilaelaps Mites 5/12/11
Overnight Beehive Splits – Weather Challenges 5/2/11
American Foulbrood : Deceptive and Deadly 4/14/11
Honeys With Flower Names What Do They Mean? 3/31/11
Spring Hive Assessment At Brookfield Farm 3/24/11
Bring Out Your Dead : Winter Bee Hive Declines 3/19/11
Of Barcodes & Bees : How To Get Barcodes 3/12/11
Of Budgets, Business Plans, & Bees 3/3/11
Building Bee Boxes & When Orders Go Wrong 2/16/11
Loading Hives For Almond Pollination 2/8/11
Livestock Guard Dogs and Honeybees 2/1/11
Bee Hive Set Up At Brookfield Farm 1/25/11
Going Native With Bees 1/18/11
Some Necessities For Farmers Market Vendors 1/15/11
Success With Beehive Smokers 12/28/10
Preparing Bees For CA Almond Pollination 12/23/10
Why Does Honey Crystalize? 12/14/10
Checking Hives In The Winter 12/9/10
What happens to bees in the winter? 11/23/10
Winter Insulation For Bee Hives 11/12/10
Feeding Honey Bees In The Fall 10/31/10
Bee Hive Mouse Guards 10/24/10
Essential Oils For Bees At Brookfield Farm 10/12/10
Preparing Honeybees For Winter 10/7/10
Pulling Honey, Honey Extraction, Winter Hive Prep, & Hiking! 9/26/10
Making Bee Boxes & Frames On A Deadline 8/5/10
Visit to Beekeeper Lynn Hiatt’s Honey House 7/29/10
Supering a 1000 Hive Operation 7/22/10
Bee Yard Companions – Natural Visitors 7/1/10
Brookfield Farm Bees At Sumas River Farm 6/22/10
Stopping Bees From Swarming 6/3/10
Making Splits With Swarm Cells 5/28/10
Oyster Mushrooms Emerge 5/18/10
Water For Bees & Queen Breeding 4/28/10
Preparing for Nucs at a 700 Hive Operation 4/20/10
April Splits & Nucs (New Hives from Old) 4/14/10
Eggs & Larvae For A Queen 4/7/10
Web Links For Beekeepers 4/1/10
Powdered Sugar For Mite Reduction 3/16/10
