Brookfield Farm Beekeeper Karen Bean
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Hiving A Swarm Post Hip Replacement Surgery
Five weeks out of hip replacement surgery and the bees swarmed. A potential disaster that is shaping up to be just fine. … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, Brookfield Farm, hip replacemet, hive, honey, Maple Falls, swarm, Washington
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A Huge Swarm of June Bees
I was going to write a blog about preparing new bee yards and making new spots in established yards for the coming of the California Queens, and the moving of Whatcom Queens (the latter are queens I raise here in … Continue reading
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Tagged Brookfield Farm, honeybees, June, Maple Falls, swarm, 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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