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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
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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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Over-night beehive splits – what a difference a day makes this spring
Weather changes during the making of over-night splits at Brookfield Farm in Maple Falls. Shots of splits being made in the sun at one of Bruce Bowen’s bee yards. How over-night splits are created to make new nucs at Brookfield Farm Continue reading
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Tagged Beekeeping, bees, Brookfield, Brookfield Farm, Bruce Bowen, Farm, hives, honeybees, how to, Maple Falls, nucs, over-night, overnight, splits, Washington, weather
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American Foulbrood – Deceptive and Deadly
American Foulbrood diagnosed in one hive at Brookfield Farm. How diagnosed. What was done. Lessons Learned. Continue reading
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Tagged American, Bee Lab, Bee Research Laboratory, Beekeeping, bees, Beltsville, brood, Brookfield, Brookfield Farm, Farm, foul, Foulbood, hives, honeybees, Maple Falls, Maryland, Washington
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Spring Hive Assessment at Brookfield Farm
How the honeybees are checked in the spring at Brookfield Farm Bees And Honey’s bee yards which are all near Maple Falls, Washington. And a video shot of the bee yard Continue reading
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Tagged bee, Beekeeping, bees, Brookfield, Brookfield Farm, check, Farm, hive, hives, honeybees, how to, Maple Falls, preparation, spring, Washington, Winter
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Bring Out Your Dead : Winter Bee Hive Declines
Winter bee hive losses : what they mean to the beekeeper, what happens next. And my first video shot on an ipod – view of part of our farm bee yard and the beekeeper. Continue reading
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Tagged bee, Beekeeping, bees, Brookfield, Brookfield Farm, dead, deadouts, Farm, hives, honeybees, losses, Maple Falls, out, Washington, Winter
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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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Loading Honeybees for Almond Pollination
Loading 818 honeybee hives onto three trucks which then transported the bees to the California almonds for pollination. Bruce Bowen’s bees, Mount Vernon, Washington. Photos by Karen E. Bean, Brookfield Farm, Maple Falls, Washington. More photos than words on this posting. Continue reading
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Tagged almonds, bee net, bee trucks, Beekeeping, bees, Brookfield, Brookfield Farm, Bruce Bowen, California, Farm, hives, honeybees, loading, Maple Falls, net, Pat Ray, pollination, trucks, Washington
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Livestock Guard Dogs and Honeybees
Brookfield Farm’s use of livestock guard dogs to allow our bees to share the wilderness with all wildlife. Continue reading
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Tagged bear, bears, Beekeeping, bees, black, Brookfield, dogs, Farm, Great, guard, hives, honey, honeybees, how to, livestock, Maple Falls, Maremma, predators, Pryanees, Shar Planinetz, Washington
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Preparing Honeybees to pollinate California almonds
Beekeeper Karen Bean helps Bruce Bowen and Pat Ray prepare honeybees which will go to California for almond pollination. How hives are moved, by forklift and hand dolly; how honey bound hives are corrected; how pallets are cleaned; and just how much wool Bean can get under a bee suit are covered. Continue reading
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Tagged almonds, bees, bound, Bruce Bowen, California, cleaning, hive pallets, hives, honey, honey bound, Karen Bean, pallets, Pat Ray, pollination, Prepare
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Checking Hives In The Winter
Checking honeybees in winter to determine which hives will go to California to pollinate almonds. Tips from beekeeper Bruce Bowen and one from beekeeper Karen Bean on what to look for when checking winter bee hive clusters. Continue reading
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Tagged bees, check, checking bees, cluster, clusters, hives, honeybees, how to, tips, what to look for, Winter
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