Brookfield Farm Beekeeper Karen Bean
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Do Natural Treatments Work (on my hives)?
Do you ever wonder if the things we do to help the bees survive our climates and manipulations really work? I certainly do. I learn things from other beekeepers and through reading, then try out the ideas – sometimes they … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Brookfield Farm Bee Yards, Diseases and Pests, Feeding Bees
Tagged bee, Brookfield Farm, health, honeybees, Maple Falls, natural, results, survey, tests, treatments, Washington
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Participating in a Bee Health Survey
THE SURVEY I have the good fortune of being able to participate in the bee health survey being conducted in the U.S. by BeeInformed.org. The survey is following 8 hives in 25 apiaries from June to November. Bees suspended in alcohol … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Brookfield Farm Bee Yards, Diseases and Pests
Tagged bee, beeinformed.org, Beekeeping, diseases, health, honeybees, Maple Falls, survey, Washington
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Taxing Sugar – including honey – to keep us safe?
A recent article in February 2nd comment section of Nature magazine has created quite a stir, and indeed set my mind to pondering. The authors point out that sugar, which includes honey, is toxic, if you eat a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Honey
Tagged 2012, Claire Brindis, February, health, honey, Laura Schmidt, magazine, Nature, Robert Lustig, sugar, sugar toxic, tax, taxation, toxic
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Bee Health Survey & Tropilaelaps Mites
Brookfield Farm participates in the USDA survey of honey bee pests and diseases : the search for exotic pests including the asian Tropilaelaps mite. Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping
Tagged Apis, bee, bee health, Beekeeping, bees, Brookfield, Brookfield Farm, Cape Honeybee, capensis, cerana, diseases, Farm, health, hive, hives, honeybee, honeybees, Maple Falls, mellifera, mites, pests, Tropilaelaps, USDA, Washington
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