Brookfield Farm Beekeeper Karen Bean
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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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Tagged bee, Brookfield Farm, drawn, foundation, hive, Maple Falls, storage, Washington
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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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Tagged brood, cells, comb, drawn, drones, foundation, honey bees; swarm, honey bound, larva, purple eye, splits, swarming, swarms
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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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Tagged bees, Bruce Bowen, comb, drawn, drawn comb, foundation, honeybees, Mount Vernon, Mt. Vernon, nucleus, nucs, pallets, plastic, queens, Washington
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