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Spring Supers For Bee Hives

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Bean

Spring arrived early here this year. So I’ve supered the strong hives, many of which were packed with brood, and fed honey to those that had eaten nearly all their stores. Bees On Brood This is a spring … Continue reading →

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Bee Hive Foundation Experiment (foundationless and half-sheet)

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Bean

I’ve previously posted about the myriad of choices in beehive foundation. This post is about an experiment I’m running this year with Foundationless Frames and Frames Hung With Half-Sheets of Wax Foundation. I’ll call these “Half-Hung” frames to make writing … Continue reading →

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Storing Drawn Foundation at Brookfield Farm

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Bean

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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Bee Hive Foundation : So Many Foundations So Little Time

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Bean

What kind of foundation should one use in a hive? Now there’s a question that can start hours of conversations, and, sometimes, arguments. I thought I’d weigh in with my two cents on the subject. First all the disclaimers: What … Continue reading →

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Small Cell Experiment

Posted on May 14, 2012 by bean

The sun came out for a week (amazing here). Thus another busy week: supering hives, removing queen boxes from the nucs I installed, adding brood boxes to some of those; cleaning more boxes, tops & bottoms for more queens that … Continue reading →

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Stopping Bees From Swarming

Posted on June 3, 2010 by bean

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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Preparing for Nucs at a 700 Colony Operation

Posted on April 20, 2010 by bean

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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