Brookfield Farm Beekeeper Karen Bean
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Spring Beehive Tidy And Preparation 2016
Spring has arrived in Whatcom County Washington (the northwest corner of Washington state). It has arrived two weeks earlier than last year, which was early as well. The sun and flowers emerge fast on the heels of a very web … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Brookfield Farm Bee Yards, Hive Components
Tagged Beekeeping, bees, boxes, Brookfield Farm, flipping, hive, how to, manipulation, Maple Falls, spring, Washington
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New Queens In New Hives
The queen bees have come – with more still coming. The first queens have been placed in their hives (the splits I wrote about in the previous blog post), and are laying. This post covers how I put them in … Continue reading
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Tagged Beekeeping, bees, boxes, Brookfield Farm, honeybees, install, Maple Falls, queen, Washington
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Preparing for Splits and Supers
Spring is upon us. Flowers are blooming, drones are flying, it is time to put supers on the hives and/or split some of the hives to create homes for the newest queens. What follows are photographs of what I am … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, Beekeeping, bees, boxes, Brookfield Farm, cleaning, frames, Maple Falls, order, spits, supers, Washington
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Bee Boxes And Frames : A Winter’s Tale
I received a call once from a young lady who wanted to see if her husband could “experience a day as a beekeeper” – a birthday present. Somehow I don’t think she meant: sit in a room in mid-winter with … Continue reading
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Tagged Assemble, bee, boxes, Brookfield Farm, frames, Maple Falls, Washington, wooden ware
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What Colors Do Bees See (and painting bee hives)
Good weather broke out, finally, in July. This is news at Brookfield Farm Bees And Honey here in Maple Falls Washington. The month of June gave us 5 days of sun, 5 days of overcast, and all the rest was … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, bees, boxes, color vision, colors, painting, see, what
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Queen Rearing – A Sequence of Events – Part 1: Shaking Bees
Gathering nurse bees using a honeybee shaker box – part 1 of a series on our on-going queen rearing project at Bruce Bowen Bees in Mt. Vernon, Washington Continue reading
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Tagged bee, Beekeeping, bees, box, boxes, brood, Bruce Bowen, collect, honeybees, how to, Mt. Vernon, nurse bees, queen rearing, queens, shaker, shaker box, Washington
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Painless Bee Hive Frame Making and Preping Human House for Sale
How beekeeper Bean manages to save her back when making bee boxes and assembling hive frames by using a small, portable stool and working on the floor of her hayloft Continue reading
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Tagged assembly, back, bee boxes, Beekeeping, boxes, Brookfield, Brookfield Farm, buy, cabin, community, construction, Farm, for sale, frames, Glacier, hives, house, how to, Maple Falls, resort, save, Snowline, Washington, your
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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
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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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Hive Configuration at Brookfield Farm
The bee hive configuration (the hive set-up) used at Brookfield Farm in Maple Falls, Washington. From the ground up: stand, bottom screen, boxes, collars, tops. Continue reading
Playing Catch-Up : Making Bee Boxes & Frames On A Deadline
Preparing bee equipment: making boxes, painting bee boxes and wiring frames. How to wire frames without nails at Brookfield Farm Continue reading
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