Brookfield Farm Beekeeper Karen Bean
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Winter Bee Hives Losses and Lessons at Brookfield Farm
I have now gone though all my hives. My last post was about what that entailed. This post is about the results, what I saw for good and for bad, and the result of an experiment. The Overall Results This … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Hive Components
Tagged Beekeeping, bees, Brookfield Farm, failure, honeybees, Maple Falls, over winter, queen, results, Washington
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New Queens In New Hives
The queen bees have come – with more still coming. The first queens have been placed in their hives (the splits I wrote about in the previous blog post), and are laying. This post covers how I put them in … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Uncategorized
Tagged Beekeeping, bees, boxes, Brookfield Farm, honeybees, install, Maple Falls, queen, Washington
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Naturally Treated Hives at Brookfield Farm Bees And Honey, Part 2
Last blog post was about the natural treatments and methods I use with my bees. But treatments and methods pale in comparison to the need of good breeding stock (this holds true of any livestock operation). To make a hive … Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Queen Rearing : Honeybees
Tagged Bean, beekeeper, Beekeeping, Brookfield Farm, how to, Karen, Maple Falls, methods, overview, queen, rearing, tools, Washington
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Queens from Northwest Queens
Brookfield Farm Bees The queens I produce at Brookfield Farm Bees And Honey, as well as the ones that my bees produce without my help, are all open mated. Happily, the bee yards near me are filled with my own … Continue reading
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Tagged Arlington, Beekeeping, bees, Brookfield Farm, honeybees, Maple Falls, northwest queens, queen, Washington
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Grafting Honeybee Larvae to Make Queen Cells
Grafting honeybee larvae to create queen cells. Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping, Queen Rearing : Honeybees
Tagged bee, Beekeeping, bees, board, Brookfield, Brookfield Farm, cells, cloake, cloake board, cloke, Farm, graft, grafting, hives, honeybees, how to, Karen Bean, larva, larvae, Maple Falls, Pat Ray, queen, Queen cells, queen rearing, queens, rearing, Sue Cobey, Washington
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Making Splits With Swarm Cells
Using swarm cells with developing queens to create honeybee nucleus hives (nucs). What I look for in a queen cell: description and location. Photos from Cyberbee.net: Dr. Zachary Huang, Department of Entomology, Michigan State University. Continue reading
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Tagged cell, cyberbee.net, Dept. of Entomology, Dr., hive, Huang, Michigan State University, nucleus, nucs, queen, swarm, Zachay
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