Brookfield Farm Beekeeper Karen Bean
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The Longest Winter
It’s been a long winter here in the mountains in the northwest corner of the lower 48 states. It started snowing the first week of December and has just recently stopped. We did have a 1 ½ week break where … Continue reading
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Tagged bee, bees, Brookfield Farm, hives, Maple Falls, snow, Washington, Winter
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Snow At The Hives
The February snows have arrived. I woke up last Sunday to the realization that a bit of snow had fallen and it was not going to stop. That slowed things down a bit this week, thus this photo essay of … Continue reading
Posted in Brookfield Farm Bee Yards, Farm
Tagged beehives, bees, Brookfield Farm, livestock guard dogs, Maple Falls, snow, Washington, Winter
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What happens to honeybees in the winter?
What happens to honeybees in the winter. Bee actions and how they regulate the temperature in the winter hive. Exterior temperatures and what they mean inside the hive. Continue reading
Posted in Beekeeping
Tagged Celsius, cluster, cold, Fahrenheit, hive, hives, honeybees, maximum, minimum, muscles, regulation, snow, temperature, thermal, thermal regulation, thorax, what happens to bees in the winter, Winter
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