Brookfield Farm Beekeeper Karen Bean
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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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Eggs and Larvae For A Queen
Giving a frame of eggs and larvae to a queenless beehive. The timing and luck involved in going from a frame of eggs and larvae to a laying queen Continue reading
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Tagged Beekeeping, bees, cells, comb, congreation area, drones, eggs, frame, honeybee, Hopkins, larva, larvae, queen cell, queenless, queens, timing
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Spring comes early
Musings on a hive with supercedure cells at a time when drones are not flying Continue reading
