Brookfield Farm Beekeeper Karen Bean
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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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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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